@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ Protocol) and :rfc:`1869` (SMTP Service Extensions).
2626 An :class: `SMTP ` instance encapsulates an SMTP connection. It has methods
2727 that support a full repertoire of SMTP and ESMTP operations. If the optional
2828 *host * and *port * parameters are given, the SMTP :meth: `connect ` method is
29- called with those parameters during initialization. If specified,
29+ called with those parameters during initialization.If *host * is omitted or
30+ an empty string, no connection is made during initialization; you must
31+ call :meth: `connect ` manually before using the instance.
32+ If *port * is zero, the default SMTP port (25) is used. If specified,
3033 *local_hostname * is used as the FQDN of the local host in the HELO/EHLO
3134 command. Otherwise, the local hostname is found using
3235 :func: `socket.getfqdn `. If the :meth: `connect ` call returns anything other
@@ -81,7 +84,10 @@ Protocol) and :rfc:`1869` (SMTP Service Extensions).
8184 An :class: `SMTP_SSL ` instance behaves exactly the same as instances of
8285 :class: `SMTP `. :class: `SMTP_SSL ` should be used for situations where SSL is
8386 required from the beginning of the connection and using :meth: `starttls ` is
84- not appropriate. If *host * is not specified, the local host is used. If
87+ not appropriate. If the optional *host * and *port * parameters are given, the
88+ SMTP_SSL :meth: `connect ` method is called with those parameters during initialization.
89+ If *host * is omitted or an empty string, no connection is made during initialization;
90+ you must call :meth: `connect ` manually before using the instance. If
8591 *port * is zero, the standard SMTP-over-SSL port (465) is used. The optional
8692 arguments *local_hostname *, *timeout * and *source_address * have the same
8793 meaning as they do in the :class: `SMTP ` class. *context *, also optional,
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