Re: Problem with handling errors in POP3 message retrieval/deletion

2015-09-11 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Fri, 11 Sep 2015 17:33:32 +0100, c...@isbd.net writes: >I have a (fairly) simple script that does 'catchall' processing on my >POP3 mailbox. It looks for messages To: strings that *might* be for >me and then throws everything else away. Somebody tried to protect you from yourself.

Re: Problem with handling errors in POP3 message retrieval/deletion

2015-09-11 Thread cl
c...@isbd.net wrote: > I have a (fairly) simple script that does 'catchall' processing on my > POP3 mailbox. It looks for messages To: strings that *might* be for > me and then throws everything else away. > [snip] Sorry folks, I found the problem, it's a known 'bug' due to someone trying to pro

Problem with handling errors in POP3 message retrieval/deletion

2015-09-11 Thread cl
I have a (fairly) simple script that does 'catchall' processing on my POP3 mailbox. It looks for messages To: strings that *might* be for me and then throws everything else away. I was getting the occasional error as follows:- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/chris/.mutt/