t.m.p.SMTPFactory(smtp.SMTPFactory) : class documentation

Part of twisted.mail.protocols View Source View In Hierarchy

Known subclasses: twisted.mail.protocols.ESMTPFactory

A protocol factory for SMTP.
Method __init__ Undocumented
Method buildProtocol Create an instance of a subclass of Protocol.

Inherited from Factory (via SMTPFactory, ServerFactory):

Class Method forProtocol Create a factory for the given protocol.
Method logPrefix Describe this factory for log messages.
Method doStart Make sure startFactory is called.
Method doStop Make sure stopFactory is called.
Method startFactory This will be called before I begin listening on a Port or Connector.
Method stopFactory This will be called before I stop listening on all Ports/Connectors.
def __init__(self, service, portal=None): (source)
overrides twisted.mail.smtp.SMTPFactory.__init__
overridden in twisted.mail.protocols.ESMTPFactory
Undocumented
def buildProtocol(self, addr): (source)
overrides twisted.mail.smtp.SMTPFactory.buildProtocol
overridden in twisted.mail.protocols.ESMTPFactory
Create an instance of a subclass of Protocol.

The returned instance will handle input on an incoming server connection, and an attribute "factory" pointing to the creating factory.

Override this method to alter how Protocol instances get created.

Parametersaddran object implementing twisted.internet.interfaces.IAddress
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