[issue1441530] socket read() can cause MemoryError in Windows

[Márcio Faustino]

Márcio Faustino <m.faustino at gmail.com> added the comment:

I've been also receiving the same error while using "imaplib.IMAP4_SSL" to download large e-mails.

A simple change in the "read" and "readline" functions to use instead a "cStringIO.StringIO" buffer object works for me.

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nosy: +marcio

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