status = clientSocket.recv(1024)
print (status)

b'250-mx.google.com at your service, [107.216.175.252]rn250-SIZE 35882577rn250-8BITMIMErn250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKENrn250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODESrn250 CHUNKINGrn'

>>> str(b'Zoot!')
"b'Zoot!'"

>>> print(status.decode())
250-mx.google.com at your service, [107.216.175.252]
250-SIZE 35882577
250-8BITMIME
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250 CHUNKING