Memory errors with imaplib

[Fredrik Lundh]

Martey wrote:

> I am trying to use imaplib to download messages, but I keep getting
> memory errors when I try to download a large message (i.e. one with
> attachments). Here is my test code (similar to the example in the
> imaplib documentation):

 > /.../

> I am using Mac OS X 10.5 and Python 2.5.1 (downloaded from
> python.org). I think it is possible that it is <http://bugs.python.org/
> issue1092502>, but the workarounds suggested there do not seem to work
> for me. Is this an actual Python bug, or am I doing something wrong?

looks like a known bug in imaplib:

     http://bugs.python.org/issue1389051

     "In a worst case scenario, you'll need some 13 gigabytes of
     virtual memory to read a 15 megabyte message..."

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