--- Lib-orig/smtplib.py	2006-05-03 13:10:40.000000000 +0200
+++ Lib/smtplib.py	2006-05-11 13:50:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
     sendall = send
 
     def close(self):
+        self.sslobj = None
         self.realsock.close()
 
 class SSLFakeFile:
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@
         return str
 
     def close(self):
-        pass
+        self.sslobj = None
 
 def quoteaddr(addr):
     """Quote a subset of the email addresses defined by RFC 821.