Python IMAP4 Memory Error

[Dody Suria Wijaya]

Mode details, this occurs on Python 2.4.2 windows, but not on Python 
2.3.4 cygwin or Python 2.3.5  windows binary.

Dody Suria Wijaya wrote:
> 
> Hi, I encountered a Memory Error Exception on using IMAP4 just like in 
> Python documentation example, on a specially large email (10 MB). Any 
> idea how to fix/circumvent this?
> 
>  >>> typ, data = M.fetch(89, '(RFC822)')
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "C:\Python24\lib\imaplib.py", line 426, in fetch
>     typ, dat = self._simple_command(name, message_set, message_parts)
>   File "C:\Python24\lib\imaplib.py", line 1028, in _simple_command
>     return self._command_complete(name, self._command(name, *args))
>   File "C:\Python24\lib\imaplib.py", line 858, in _command_complete
>     typ, data = self._get_tagged_response(tag)
>   File "C:\Python24\lib\imaplib.py", line 959, in _get_tagged_response
>     self._get_response()
>   File "C:\Python24\lib\imaplib.py", line 921, in _get_response
>     data = self.read(size)
>   File "C:\Python24\lib\imaplib.py", line 1123, in read
>     data = self.sslobj.read(size-read)
> MemoryError
> 
> -- 
>   dsw