Ruben Bakker added the comment:
I installed Python 2.7RC1 on Mac OS X 10.6.3 and tried my script and it
worked for me. Imaplib throws the right exception instead of looping
forever:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "imapmail/explore/test2.py&
Ruben Bakker added the comment:
I forgot to mention that the section after "Add this line to IMAP4_SSL"
describes the solution. Sorry about that.
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New submission from Ruben Bakker :
When using imaplib.IMAP4_SSL to open a Gmail mailbox, the readline method can
go into a infinite loop. It happens after Gmail drops the connection, usually
after some time/inactivity. The next imaplib request will cause the infinite
loop inside the readline
