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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 SMTP server """

        self.is_closed = True
        try:
            self.smtp.quit()
        except (TypeError, AttributeError, smtplib.SMTPServerDisconnected):
            pass