Using imaplib module with GMAIL's IMAP - hangs

[gregpinero]

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/...y?answer=78799

Thanks for any help.

-Greg

[Jason]

On Nov 8, 11:41 am, "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
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/...y?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

[gregpinero]

On Nov 8, 1:52 pm, Jason <[e-mail]:

On Nov 8, 11:41 am, "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
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/...y?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

[gregpinero]

On Nov 8, 1:52 pm, Jason <[e-mail]:

On Nov 8, 11:41 am, "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
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/...y?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

Followup question. My ultimate goal is to get all messages with a
certain GMAIL label. I'm going under the assumption labels will
appear as folders over IMAP. Any idea how to access folders with
IMAP?

-Greg

[gregpinero]

On Nov 8, 2:22 pm, "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

On Nov 8, 1:52 pm, Jason <[e-mail]:

On Nov 8, 11:41 am, "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
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/...y?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

Followup question. My ultimate goal is to get all messages with a
certain GMAIL label. I'm going under the assumption labels will
appear as folders over IMAP. Any idea how to access folders with
IMAP?

-Greg

Figured it out. Just do mail.select('label')

GMAIL does treat labels as folders.

-Greg