Email SIG / stdlib C Lients

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stdlib Clients

Other parts of the stdlib rely on the email package for various services. Right now this is just a list of import dependencies; this should be expanded into a brief description of the stdlib use cases so we can make sure we continue to support them properly.

Package	Email imports
http/client.py	email.parser, email.message
http/server.py	email.parser, email.message
urllib/request	email, email.utils (also mimetypes)
smtplib	email.utils
cgi	email.parser
pydoc	email.message
mailbox	email, email.message, email.generator
distutils/dist.py	email.message_from_file

There are also dependencies in the test suites:

Test	Email imports
urllib2_localnet	email
smtplib	email.utils
test_http_cookiejar	email
test_urllibnet	email.message
test_mailbox	email, email.message
test_zipfile	email
test_urllib2	email, email.utils