[New-bugs-announce] [issue2118] smtplib.SMTP() raises socket.error rather than SMTPConnectError

[stranger4good]

New submission from stranger4good:

smtplib.SMTP() raises socket.error rather than SMTPConnectError

just try this on a non-responding address

>>> srv=smtplib.SMTP('192.168.13.22')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "c:\python25\lib\smtplib.py", line 244, in __init__
    (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
  File "c:\python25\lib\smtplib.py", line 311, in connect
    (code, msg) = self.getreply()
  File "c:\python25\lib\smtplib.py", line 352, in getreply
    line = self.file.readline()
  File "C:\Python25\lib\socket.py", line 346, in readline
    data = self._sock.recv(self._rbufsize)
socket.error: (10054, 'Connection reset by peer')

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 62416
nosy: stranger4good
severity: normal
status: open
title: smtplib.SMTP() raises socket.error rather than SMTPConnectError
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.5

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