| :mod:`!smtpd` --- SMTP Server |
| ============================= |
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| .. module:: smtpd |
| :synopsis: Removed in 3.12. |
| :deprecated: |
| |
| .. deprecated-removed:: 3.6 3.12 |
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| This module is no longer part of the Python standard library. |
| It was :ref:`removed in Python 3.12 <whatsnew312-removed>` after |
| being deprecated in Python 3.6. The removal was decided in :pep:`594`. |
| |
| A possible replacement is the third-party :pypi:`aiosmtpd` library. This |
| library is not maintained or supported by the Python core team. |
| |
| The last version of Python that provided the :mod:`!smtpd` module was |
| `Python 3.11 <https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/smtpd.html>`_. |
