What is a pattern in imaplib.

[June Kim]

"junwon,Seo" <linuxqna at chollian.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,,
> In imaplib, many method have a "pattern" argument..
> What is a pattern?
>
> Examply, I  programmed following.
>
> ----------------
> p = re.compile("^.*")
> l = imap.LIST("INBOX",p)
> ----------------
> Error....
>
> please help me
>
>
The patterns are strings of regular expression pattern, not compiled.