Index: Lib/smtplib.py
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--- Lib/smtplib.py	(revision 66831)
+++ Lib/smtplib.py	(working copy)
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
                     raise socket.error, "nonnumeric port"
         if not port: port = self.default_port
         if self.debuglevel > 0: print>>stderr, 'connect:', (host, port)
-        self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
+        self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
         (code, msg) = self.getreply()
         if self.debuglevel > 0: print>>stderr, "connect:", msg
         return (code, msg)