Issue 27977: smtplib send_message does not correctly handle unicode addresses if message uses EmailPolicy

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Title:	smtplib send_message does not correctly handle unicode addresses if message uses EmailPolicy
Type:	behavior	Stage:	needs patch
Components:	email	Versions:	Python 3.6, Python 3.5

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Status:	open	Resolution:
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Assigned To:		Nosy List:	barry, r.david.murray
Priority:	normal	Keywords:

Created on 2016-09-06 18:43 by r.david.murray, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin.

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msg274597 - (view)	Author: R. David Murray (r.david.murray) *	Date: 2016-09-06 18:43
In rewriting the examples in the email docs to use the new policies, I discovered that smtplib has a bug when handling a message that uses an EmailPolicy derived policy if the addresses contain unicode characters. Currently it is extracting the addresses as unicode strings instead of transport encoded strings. It needs a special case to handle EmailPolicy Messages.

msg274597 - (view)

Author: R. David Murray (r.david.murray) * (Python committer)

Date: 2016-09-06 18:43

In rewriting the examples in the email docs to use the new policies, I discovered that smtplib has a bug when handling a message that uses an EmailPolicy derived policy if the addresses contain unicode characters.  Currently it is extracting the addresses as unicode strings instead of transport encoded strings.  It needs a special case to handle EmailPolicy Messages.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2022-04-11 14:58:35	admin	set	github: 72164
2016-09-06 18:43:52	r.david.murray	create