Email SIG/stdlibCLients

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stdlib Clients

Other parts of the stdlib rely on the email package for various services. Right now this is just a list of import dependencies; this should be expanded into a brief description of the stdlib use cases so we can make sure we continue to support them properly.


Package Email imports


http/client.py email.parser, email.message

http/server.py email.parser, email.message

urllib/request email, email.utils (also mimetypes)

smtplib email.utils

cgi email.parser

pydoc email.message

mailbox email, email.message, email.generator

distutils/dist.py email.message_from_file

There are also dependencies in the test suites:


Test Email imports


urllib2_localnet email

smtplib email.utils

test_http_cookiejar email

test_urllibnet email.message

test_mailbox email, email.message

test_zipfile email

test_urllib2 email, email.utils