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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def close(self):

 """Close the connection to the email server."""

        try:
            try:
                self.connection.quit()
            except socket.sslerror:
                # This happens when calling quit() on a TLS connection
                # sometimes.
                self.connection.close()
            except Exception as e:
                logger.error(
                    "Error trying to close connection to server " "%s:%s: %s",
                    self.host,
                    self.port,
                    e,
                )
                if self.fail_silently:
                    return
                raise
        finally:
            self.connection = None