Initialize msg to avoid unbound locals.
diff --git a/Lib/ftplib.py b/Lib/ftplib.py
index 885b5cd..fda7864 100644
--- a/Lib/ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/ftplib.py
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
         if host: self.host = host
         if port: self.port = port
         self.passiveserver = 0
+        msg = "getaddrinfo returns an empty list"
         for res in socket.getaddrinfo(self.host, self.port, 0, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
             af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
             try:
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@
 
     def makeport(self):
         '''Create a new socket and send a PORT command for it.'''
+        msg = "getaddrinfo returns an empty list"
         for res in socket.getaddrinfo(None, 0, self.af, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 0, socket.AI_PASSIVE):
             af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
             try:
diff --git a/Lib/httplib.py b/Lib/httplib.py
index 1038831..7ab9149 100644
--- a/Lib/httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@
 
     def connect(self):
         """Connect to the host and port specified in __init__."""
+        msg = "getaddrinfo returns an empty list"
         for res in socket.getaddrinfo(self.host, self.port, 0, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
             af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
             try:
diff --git a/Lib/poplib.py b/Lib/poplib.py
index 592f7df..98b81ce 100644
--- a/Lib/poplib.py
+++ b/Lib/poplib.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     def __init__(self, host, port = POP3_PORT):
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
+        msg = "getaddrinfo returns an empty list"
         for res in socket.getaddrinfo(self.host, self.port, 0, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
             af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
             try:
diff --git a/Lib/smtplib.py b/Lib/smtplib.py
index 27cda40..3d28b0d 100755
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@
                     raise socket.error, "nonnumeric port"
         if not port: port = SMTP_PORT
         if self.debuglevel > 0: print 'connect:', (host, port)
+        msg = "getaddrinfo returns an empty list"
         for res in socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
             af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
             try:
diff --git a/Lib/telnetlib.py b/Lib/telnetlib.py
index 5bac9e7..3731be7 100644
--- a/Lib/telnetlib.py
+++ b/Lib/telnetlib.py
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
             port = TELNET_PORT
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
+        msg = "getaddrinfo returns an empty list"
         for res in socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
             af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
             try: