smtplib: support for IDN (international domain names)

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reviewing the smtplib library and the related dependency, bpo-11783, which concerns IDNA-aware email address parsing and formatting. Identify the existing handling of international domain names and determine the expected smtplib behavior; done means the requested IDN support is implemented and covered by relevant tests.

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Description

stdlib topic-email type-feature
BPO 20083
Nosy @warsaw, @macfreek, @bitdancer, @zvyn
Dependencies
  • bpo-11783: email parseaddr and formataddr should be IDNA aware
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2013-12-28.01:49:23.270>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', 'expert-email']
title = 'smtplib: support for IDN (international domain names)'
updated_at = <Date 2014-06-12.20:23:23.410>
user = 'https://github.com/macfreek'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2014-06-12.20:23:23.410>
actor = 'zvyn'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)', 'email']
creation = <Date 2013-12-28.01:49:23.270>
creator = 'macfreek'
dependencies = ['11783']
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 20083
keywords = []
message_count = 7.0
messages = ['207017', '207019', '207041', '207044', '207045', '207053', '207064']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['barry', 'macfreek', 'r.david.murray', 'jesstess', 'zvyn']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue20083'
versions = ['Python 3.5']

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