Method mail

Lib/smtplib.py:534–553

SMTP 'mail' command -- begins mail xfer session. This method may raise the following exceptions: SMTPNotSupportedError The options parameter includes 'SMTPUTF8' but the SMTPUTF8 extension is not supported by the serv

(self, sender, options=())

        return self.docmd("noop")

    def mail(self, sender, options=()):
        """SMTP 'mail' command -- begins mail xfer session.

        This method may raise the following exceptions:

         SMTPNotSupportedError  The options parameter includes 'SMTPUTF8'
                                but the SMTPUTF8 extension is not supported by
                                the server.
        """
        optionlist = ''
        if options and self.does_esmtp:
            if any(x.lower()=='smtputf8' for x in options):
                if self.has_extn('smtputf8'):
                    self.command_encoding = 'utf-8'
                else:
                    raise SMTPNotSupportedError(
                        'SMTPUTF8 not supported by server')
            optionlist = ' ' + ' '.join(options)
        self.putcmd("mail", "from:%s%s" % (quoteaddr(sender), optionlist))
        return self.getreply()

    def rcpt(self, recip, options=()):
        """SMTP 'rcpt' command -- indicates 1 recipient for this mail."""