[ python-Bugs-1217513 ] Omission in docs for smtplib.SMTP.sendmail()

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Bugs item #1217513, was opened at 2005-06-09 12:32
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Closed
Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Kent Johnson (kjohnson)
>Assigned to: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Summary: Omission in docs for smtplib.SMTP.sendmail()

Initial Comment:
In Library Reference 11.12.1 SMTP Objects, the
description of the to_addrs parameter to
SMTP.sendmail() is, "a list of RFC 822 to-address strings".

In fact sendmail() also allows a single string to be
passed as to_addrs. The comment in smtplib.py says,
"to_addrs: A list of addresses to send this mail to.  A
barestring will be treated as a list with 1 address."

I suggest the Library Reference be changed to say, "a
list of RFC 822 to-address strings or a single
to-address string"


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Comment By: Georg Brandl (birkenfeld)
Date: 2005-06-25 18:25

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Fixed by accepting patch #1227442.

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