What is "client" key in EmailTransport?

Hi, when I left this default null, I get “SMTP server did not accept the connection” so I fill it with same data like ‘host’ and now it works.
So what is this “client”, here: https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/core-libraries/email.html I can’t find it using ctrl+F

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