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POPython: IMAP connect to gmail returns errors
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    copied!<p>Suddenly, my code that connects to gmail and checks for unread e-mails stopped working:</p> <pre><code>Connecting to Inbox.. Error Traceback (most recent call last): File "./run", line 27, in &lt;module&gt; mail.login("xxx@dddd.com", "xxxxx123") File "/usr/lib/python2.6/imaplib.py", line 498, in login typ, dat = self._simple_command('LOGIN', user, self._quote(password)) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/imaplib.py", line 1060, in _simple_command return self._command_complete(name, self._command(name, *args)) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/imaplib.py", line 890, in _command_complete raise self.abort('command: %s =&gt; %s' % (name, val)) imaplib.abort: command: LOGIN =&gt; socket error: EOF </code></pre> <p>Here's the code:</p> <pre><code>#!/usr/bin/env python import imaplib, re import os import time import socket imap_host = 'imap.gmail.com' mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(imap_host, 993) mail.login("xxxx@xxxx.com", "xxxx") while True: try: print 'Connecting to Inbox..' mail.select("inbox") # connect to inbox. result, data = mail.uid('search', None, 'UNSEEN') uid_list = data[0].split() print len(uid_list), 'Unseen emails.' if len(uid_list) &gt; 20: os.system('heroku restart --app xxx-xx-203') time.sleep(30) except: print 'Error' time.sleep(120) imap_host = 'imap.gmail.com' mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(imap_host, 993) mail.login("xxx@xxx.com", "xxxx") pass </code></pre> <p>And I also get this error a lot:</p> <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last): File "./run", line 10, in &lt;module&gt; mail.login("xxx@xxx.com", "xxx") File "/usr/lib/python2.6/imaplib.py", line 498, in login typ, dat = self._simple_command('LOGIN', user, self._quote(password)) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/imaplib.py", line 1060, in _simple_command return self._command_complete(name, self._command(name, *args)) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/imaplib.py", line 893, in _command_complete self._check_bye() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/imaplib.py", line 808, in _check_bye raise self.abort(bye[-1]) imaplib.abort: [UNAVAILABLE] Temporary System Error </code></pre>
 

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