Issue #1655: Make imaplib IPv6-capable. Patch by Derek Morr.

Lib/imaplib.py

@@ -226,8 +226,7 @@ class IMAP4:
         """
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
-        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-        self.sock.connect((host, port))
+        self.sock = socket.create_connection((host, port))
         self.file = self.sock.makefile('rb')
 
 
@@ -1145,8 +1144,7 @@ else:
             """
             self.host = host
             self.port = port
-            self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-            self.sock.connect((host, port))
+            self.sock = socket.create_connection((host, port))
             self.sslobj = ssl.wrap_socket(self.sock, self.keyfile, self.certfile)
 
 

Misc/NEWS

@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #1655: Make imaplib IPv6-capable. Patch by Derek Morr.
+
 - Issue #5918: Fix a crash in the parser module.
 
 - Issue #1664: Make nntplib IPv6-capable. Patch by Derek Morr.