Why am I seeing SMTP errors when using the Mail module with Ansible 2.7.0/2.7.2?

Solution Verified - Updated 2019-01-21T19:59:09+00:00 -

Issue

Ansible Mail Module fails with SMTP error on certain Ansible versions.

Ansible Engine 2.7.0
Ansible Engine 2.7.2

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