Then he should probably raise that fact on python-ideas if he hasn't already. The SMTP library hasn't been tried and tested to any significant degree in the real world, so the likelihood of having it accepted right now is slim -- but it's the usual approach for getting stuff like this on the radar...

Let me bet.

He will not do it. He doesn't like to play with others or have his brilliant ideas scrutinized by who he considers lesser people.

So, the way he has to prove me, and others who agree with me, is

- to provide the said patches (a plus, if they don't collide with already existing libraries, let's call Zed's SMTP "zsfasmtp") in publicly accessible libraries

- accept criticism and patches from others

- work with the Python maintainers to help them include his fucking awesome libraries in a future Python release

And that's it.

Until then, we all would gain if only he did shut the fuck up.