diff -r c43362d35d8d Lib/smtplib.py
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py	Fri Jul 04 17:00:25 2014 -0700
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py	Thu Jul 24 01:50:36 2014 +0200
@@ -912,6 +912,12 @@
 
         default_port = SMTP_SSL_PORT
 
+        def _rset(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            try:
+                return super(SMTP_SSL, self)._rset(*args, **kwargs)
+            except socket.sslerror:
+                pass
+
         def __init__(self, host='', port=0, local_hostname=None,
                      keyfile=None, certfile=None,
                      timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,