| :mod:`!smtpd` --- SMTP Server | |
| ============================= | |
| .. module:: smtpd | |
| :synopsis: Removed in 3.12. | |
| :deprecated: | |
| .. deprecated-removed:: 3.6 3.12 | |
| 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>`_. |