: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>_.