Patch #572031: AUTH method LOGIN for smtplib

(most of the patch hides in rev. 1.59). Backported to 2.2.

diff --git a/Lib/smtplib.py b/Lib/smtplib.py
index 066fd9c8e2d52f8d44b2da7c536e2c63957dc40f..1af127f0675bc61236af8f6ccb26acece877efaf 100755 (executable)
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class SMTP:
                 "%s %s" % (AUTH_LOGIN, encode_base64(user, eol="")))
             if code != 334:
                 raise SMTPAuthenticationError(code, resp)
-            (code, resp) = self.docmd(encode_base64(user, eol=""))
+            (code, resp) = self.docmd(encode_base64(password, eol=""))
         elif authmethod is None:
             raise SMTPException("No suitable authentication method found.")
         if code not in [235, 503]: