smtplib doesn't handle unicode passwords

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assignee = None
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created_at = <Date 2017-03-07.20:40:24.455>
labels = ['3.8', 'type-feature', 'library', 'expert-email']
title = "smtplib doesn't handle unicode passwords"
updated_at = <Date 2019-12-26.23:46:13.786>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/david'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2019-12-26.23:46:13.786>
actor = 'seblu'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)', 'email']
creation = <Date 2017-03-07.20:40:24.455>
creator = 'david__'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 29750
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 30.0
messages = ['289184', '289185', '289186', '319222', '319497', '319499', '319514', '319515', '319521', '319522', '319827', '319828', '319830', '319862', '319863', '319864', '319866', '319891', '321172', '321174', '322431', '322447', '322450', '322457', '322468', '324480', '348831', '348832', '348837', '358892']
nosy_count = 10.0
nosy_names = ['barry', 'taleinat', 'giampaolo.rodola', 'r.david.murray', 'seblu', 'david__', 'Windson Yang', 'JustAnother1', 'Gabriele Tornetta', 'Vadim Pushtaev']
pr_nums = ['8938', '15064']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue29750'
versions = ['Python 3.8']