Public bug reported:
getmail6 exits with following error:
```
getmail version 6.19.10
Copyright (C) 1998-2025 Charles Cazabon and others. Licensed under GPL-2.0.
SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever:[email protected]@imap.gmail.com:993: read_all
and not delete -- all messages will be retrieved each time getmail is run
SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever:[email protected]@imap.gmail.com:993:
Exception: please read docs/BUGS and include the following information
in any bug report:
getmail version 6.19.10
Python version 3.14.3 (main, Feb 4 2026, 15:33:49) [GCC 15.2.0]
Unhandled exception follows:
File "/usr/bin/getmail", line 1091, in main
success = go(configs, options.idle, options.only_account)
File "/usr/bin/getmail", line 187, in go
retriever.initialize(options)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/getmailcore/_retrieverbases.py", line
1901, in initialize
self._connect()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/getmailcore/_retrieverbases.py", line
694, in _connect
self.conn = IMAP4_SSL_EXTENDED(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
self.conf['server'], self.conf['port'], keyfile, certfile,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ssl_version, ca_certs, ssl_ciphers
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/getmailcore/_retrieverbases.py", line
633, in __init__
imaplib.IMAP4_SSL.__init__(self, host, port)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/imaplib.py", line 1641, in __init__
IMAP4.__init__(self, host, port, timeout)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/imaplib.py", line 208, in __init__
self.open(host, port, timeout)
~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/getmailcore/_retrieverbases.py", line
658, in open
self.file = self.sock.makefile('rb')
^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: property 'file' of 'IMAP4_SSL_EXTENDED' object has no setter
Please also include configuration information from running getmail
with your normal options plus "--dump".
```
`getmail --dump`:
```
getmail version 6.19.10
Copyright (C) 1998-2025 Charles Cazabon and others. Licensed under GPL-2.0.
getmail configuration:
getmail version 6.19.10
Python version 3.14.3 (main, Feb 4 2026, 15:33:49) [GCC 15.2.0]
retriever:
SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever(ca_certs="/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt",
certfile="None", getmaildir="/root/.config/getmail", imap_id_extension="False",
imap_on_delete="None", imap_search="None", keyfile="None",
mailboxes="('ALL',)", move_on_delete="None", password="*",
password_command="()", port="993", record_mailbox="True",
server="imap.gmail.com", ssl_cert_hostname="None", ssl_ciphers="None",
ssl_fingerprints="()", ssl_version="None", timeout="180", uid_cache="None",
use_cram_md5="False", use_kerberos="False", use_peek="True",
use_xoauth2="False", username="[email protected]")
destination: Maildir(filemode="384", path="/tmp/Maildir/", user="None")
options:
delete : False
delete_after : 0
delete_bigger_than : 0
delivered_to : True
fingerprint : False
logfile : None
mark_read : False
max_bytes_per_session : 0
max_message_size : 0
max_messages_per_session : 0
message_log : None
message_log_syslog : False
message_log_verbose : False
netrc_file : None
only_oldmail_file : False
read_all : True
received : True
skip_imap_fetch_size : False
to_oldmail_on_each_mail : False
use_netrc : False
verbose : 1
```
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: getmail6 6.19.10-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.19.0-9.9-generic 6.19.5
Uname: Linux 6.19.0-9-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CloudBuildName: ubuntu-oci:minimized
CloudSerial: 20260108
Date: Fri Mar 13 10:41:33 2026
Dependencies:
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
TERM=xterm
SourcePackage: getmail6
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: getmail6 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cloud-image resolute
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2144299
Title:
Unhandled exception with python3.14 and SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/getmail6/+bug/2144299/+subscriptions
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
