[New-bugs-announce] [issue43949] binascii.Error raised in smtplib when initial_response_ok=False

[junpengruan]

New submission from junpengruan <632077280 at qq.com>:

Hi
I think there is a bug when initial_response_ok=False and using AUTH PLAIN, the server will response like:
------------------
C: AUTH PLAIN
S: 334 ok. go on
------------------
and it's not base64 encoding, while in the auth() it will base64 decode the resp(here is "ok, go on") which will cause a binascii.Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/smtplib.py", line 644, in auth
    challenge = base64.decodebytes(resp)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/base64.py", line 553, in decodebytes
    return binascii.a2b_base64(s)
binascii.Error: Incorrect padding

I am using Magic Winmail Server2.4(build 0530) as a SMTP server, which appears dont support initial_response, so I set initial_response_ok=False and got this Error. 
currently I catch this error and ignore it to evade program failed, it works fine. Is there better way to fix this problem?

Thanks!

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components: email
messages: 392039
nosy: barry, junpengruan, r.david.murray
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: binascii.Error raised in smtplib when initial_response_ok=False
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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