--- /usr/src/Python-2.3.2/Lib/smtplib.py.orig	Sun Oct  6 10:55:08 2002
+++ /usr/src/Python-2.3.2/Lib/smtplib.py	Fri Oct 24 18:51:56 2003
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@
             sslobj = socket.ssl(self.sock, keyfile, certfile)
             self.sock = SSLFakeSocket(self.sock, sslobj)
             self.file = SSLFakeFile(sslobj)
+            self.does_esmtp=0 #RFC 2487 sec. 5.2 compliance
         return (resp, reply)
 
     def sendmail(self, from_addr, to_addrs, msg, mail_options=[],