Add SMTP connection wrapper

include/pear/BUNDLE

-Log of pear packages shipped with osTicket.
+Log of pear packages bundled with osTicket
 
-* osTicket v1.7
------------------------------------------
+* osTicket v1.7.*
+===========================================================
  PEAR-1.9.4 - core class
  Mail-1.2.0
  Mail_Mime-1.8.5 
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@ Log of pear packages shipped with osTicket.
  Net_Socket-1.0.10
  Auth_SASL-1.0.6
 
-
-    
-    
+-------- Changes ----------
+* Add connect() function to Mail/smtp.php

include/pear/Mail/smtp.php

@@ -386,6 +386,15 @@ class Mail_smtp extends Mail {
         return $this->_smtp;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Connection wrapper
+     *
+     *
+     */
+    function &connect() {
+        return $this->getSMTPObject();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add parameter associated with a SMTP service extension.
      *