On Nov 8, 1:52 pm, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 8, 11:41 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to get a list of messages from GMAIL using it's new IMAP
> > access.
>
> > So far I've tried running this command but it just hangs. Any ideas?
>
> > >>> import imaplib
> > >>> M=imaplib.IMAP4('imap.gmail.com',993)
>
> > I figured that's the first line to run from this
> > example:http://docs.python.org/lib/imap4-example.html
>
> > Here are the configuration settings GMAIL says to
> > use:https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78799
>
> > Thanks for any help.
>
> > -Greg
>
> Well, Google states that it's using SSL. You're not using the SSL
> with your example code. Take a look in the imaplib module. At least
> under Python 2.5, there's also an IMAP4_SSL class:
>
> >>> import imaplib
> >>> mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com', 993)
>
> That worked for me. I could then use the login method to log into the
> mail server.
>
> --Jason
Thanks! That worked. You're a gem.
-Greg
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