poplib.POP3.stls()

POP3.stls(context=None)

Start a TLS session on the active connection as specified in RFC 2595. This is only allowed before user authentication

context parameter is a ssl.SSLContext object which allows bundling SSL configuration options, certificates and private keys into a single (potentially long-lived) structure. Please read Security considerations for best practices.

This method supports hostname checking via ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname and Server Name Indication (see ssl.HAS_SNI).