merge #12283: Fixed regression in smtplib quoting of leading dots in DATA.

Lib/smtplib.py

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def quotedata(data):
         re.sub(r'(?:\r\n|\n|\r(?!\n))', CRLF, data))
 
 def _quote_periods(bindata):
-    return re.sub(br'(?m)^\.', '..', bindata)
+    return re.sub(br'(?m)^\.', b'..', bindata)
 
 def _fix_eols(data):
     return  re.sub(r'(?:\r\n|\n|\r(?!\n))', CRLF, data)

Lib/test/test_smtplib.py

@@ -278,6 +278,21 @@ class DebuggingServerTests(unittest.TestCase):
         mexpect = '%s%s\n%s' % (MSG_BEGIN, m.decode('ascii'), MSG_END)
         self.assertEqual(self.output.getvalue(), mexpect)
 
+    def testSendNeedingDotQuote(self):
+        # Issue 12283
+        m = '.A test\n.mes.sage.'
+        smtp = smtplib.SMTP(HOST, self.port, local_hostname='localhost', timeout=3)
+        smtp.sendmail('John', 'Sally', m)
+        # XXX (see comment in testSend)
+        time.sleep(0.01)
+        smtp.quit()
+
+        self.client_evt.set()
+        self.serv_evt.wait()
+        self.output.flush()
+        mexpect = '%s%s\n%s' % (MSG_BEGIN, m, MSG_END)
+        self.assertEqual(self.output.getvalue(), mexpect)
+
     def testSendMessage(self):
         m = email.mime.text.MIMEText('A test message')
         smtp = smtplib.SMTP(HOST, self.port, local_hostname='localhost', timeout=3)

Misc/NEWS

@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #12283: Fixed regression in smtplib quoting of leading dots in DATA.
+
 - Issue #10424: Argparse now includes the names of the missing required
   arguments in the missing arguments error message.