[issue21290] imaplib.error when importing email package

Aaron Briel added the comment: I had a rouge compiled python file named email.pyc. My apologies. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python

[issue21290] imaplib.error when importing email package

R. David Murray added the comment: There is no file 'email.py' in the Python standard library. You must have such a file in your python path somewhere, so when you import email it actually imports that file instead of the email package. You will note that 'email.py' in the traceback does not

[issue21290] imaplib.error when importing email package

New submission from Aaron Briel: I see an error when attempting to import the email package on a mac running Python 2.7.6rc1 (v2.7.6rc1:4913d0e9be30+, Oct 27 2013, 20:52:11) . This does not occur on another system running Python 2.7.3 (default, Mar 25 2013, 15:56:58) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red