Common Network Protocols
Modules are available for a variety of network protocols
ftplib - FTP protocol
smtplib - SMTP (mail) protocol
nntplib - News
gopherlib - Gopher
poplib - POP3 mail server
imaplib - IMAP4 mail server
telnetlib - Telnet protocol
httplib - HTTP protocol
Comments
These modules are built using sockets, but operate on a very low-level.
Require a good understand of the underlying protocol.
But can be quite powerful if you know exactly what you are doing.
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