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imaplib.error: command COPY illegal in state AUTH

I am getting this error while copying n number of messages to the
folder using imaplib.What to do to copy n number of folders in mail

The error i got is

imaplib.error: command COPY illegal in state AUTH

I am executing the lines

for i in alluids:
print i
print alluids
copymsg(obj,res,alluids[n],'INBOX') #copy to folder
deletemsg(ss,alluids[n]) # delete from folder
n+=1

Jul 18 '05 #1
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On 2005-02-22, Raghul <ra*****@gmail.com> wrote:
I am getting this error while copying n number of messages to the
folder using imaplib.What to do to copy n number of folders in mail

The error i got is

imaplib.error: command COPY illegal in state AUTH


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