diff --git a/Lib/smtplib.py b/Lib/smtplib.py
index 9851d08..299a70d 100755
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py
@@ -226,10 +226,11 @@
     debuglevel = 0
     file = None
     helo_resp = None
+    ehlo_msg = "ehlo"
     ehlo_resp = None
     does_esmtp = 0
 
-    def __init__(self, host = '', port = 0, local_hostname = None):
+    def __init__(self, host='', port=0, local_hostname=None, timeout=None):
         """Initialize a new instance.
 
         If specified, `host' is the name of the remote host to which to
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@
         the local hostname is found using socket.getfqdn().
 
         """
+        self.timeout = timeout
         self.esmtp_features = {}
         self.default_port = SMTP_PORT
         if host:
@@ -273,12 +275,11 @@
         """
         self.debuglevel = debuglevel
 
-    def _get_socket(self,af, socktype, proto,sa):
+    def _get_socket(self, port, host, timeout):
         # This makes it simpler for SMTP_SSL to use the SMTP connect code
         # and just alter the socket connection bit.
-        self.sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
         if self.debuglevel > 0: print('connect:', (host, port), file=stderr)
-        self.sock.connect(sa)
+        return socket.create_connection((port, host), timeout)
 
     def connect(self, host='localhost', port = 0):
         """Connect to a host on a given port.
@@ -297,24 +298,10 @@
                 host, port = host[:i], host[i+1:]
                 try: port = int(port)
                 except ValueError:
-                    raise socket.error, "nonnumeric port"
+                    raise socket.error("nonnumeric port")
         if not port: port = self.default_port
         if self.debuglevel > 0: print('connect:', (host, port), file=stderr)
-        msg = "getaddrinfo returns an empty list"
-        self.sock = None
-        for res in socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
-            af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
-            try:
-                self._get_socket(af,socktype,proto,sa)
-            except socket.error as msg:
-                if self.debuglevel > 0: print('connect fail:', msg, file=stderr)
-                if self.sock:
-                    self.sock.close()
-                self.sock = None
-                continue
-            break
-        if not self.sock:
-            raise socket.error, msg
+        self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
         (code, msg) = self.getreply()
         if self.debuglevel > 0: print("connect:", msg, file=stderr)
         return (code, msg)
@@ -401,7 +388,7 @@
         host.
         """
         self.esmtp_features = {}
-        self.putcmd("ehlo", name or self.local_hostname)
+        self.putcmd(self.ehlo_msg, name or self.local_hostname)
         (code,msg)=self.getreply()
         # According to RFC1869 some (badly written)
         # MTA's will disconnect on an ehlo. Toss an exception if
@@ -731,21 +718,64 @@
     are also optional - they can contain a PEM formatted private key and
     certificate chain file for the SSL connection.
     """
-    def __init__(self, host = '', port = 0, local_hostname = None,
-                 keyfile = None, certfile = None):
+    def __init__(self, host='', port=0, local_hostname=None,
+                 keyfile=None, certfile=None, timeout=None):
         self.keyfile = keyfile
         self.certfile = certfile
-        SMTP.__init__(self,host,port,local_hostname)
+        SMTP.__init__(self, host, port, local_hostname, timeout)
         self.default_port = SMTP_SSL_PORT
 
-    def _get_socket(self,af, socktype, proto,sa):
-        self.sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
+    def _get_socket(self, host, port, timeout):
         if self.debuglevel > 0: print('connect:', (host, port), file=stderr)
-        self.sock.connect(sa)
+        self.sock = socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout)
         sslobj = socket.ssl(self.sock, self.keyfile, self.certfile)
         self.sock = SSLFakeSocket(self.sock, sslobj)
         self.file = SSLFakeFile(sslobj)
 
+#
+# LMTP extension
+#
+LMTP_PORT = 2003
+
+class LMTP(SMTP):
+    """LMTP - Local Mail Transfer Protocol
+
+    The LMTP protocol, which is very similar to ESMTP, is heavily based
+    on the standard SMTP client. It's common to use Unix sockets for LMTP,
+    so our connect() method must support that as well as a regular
+    host:port server. To specify a Unix socket, you must use an absolute
+    path as the host, starting with a '/'.
+
+    Authentication is supported, using the regular SMTP mechanism. When
+    using a Unix socket, LMTP generally don't support or require any
+    authentication, but your mileage might vary."""
+
+    ehlo_msg = "lhlo"
+
+    def __init__(self, host = '', port = LMTP_PORT, local_hostname = None):
+        """Initialize a new instance."""
+        SMTP.__init__(self, host, port, local_hostname)
+
+    def connect(self, host = 'localhost', port = 0):
+        """Connect to the LMTP daemon, on either a Unix or a TCP socket."""
+        if host[0] != '/':
+            return SMTP.connect(self, host, port)
+
+        # Handle Unix-domain sockets.
+        try:
+            self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+            self.sock.connect(host)
+        except socket.error as msg:
+            if self.debuglevel > 0: print>>stderr, 'connect fail:', host
+            if self.sock:
+                self.sock.close()
+            self.sock = None
+            raise socket.error(msg)
+        (code, msg) = self.getreply()
+        if self.debuglevel > 0: print>>stderr, "connect:", msg
+        return (code, msg)
+
+
 # Test the sendmail method, which tests most of the others.
 # Note: This always sends to localhost.
 if __name__ == '__main__':