Problem:
You have IMAP code in Python similar to
server = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.mydomain.com')
server.login('[email protected]', 'password')
# ...
# Cleanup
server.close()but when you run it, server.close() fails with an error message like
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./imaptest.py", line 13, in <module>
server.close()
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/imaplib.py", line 461, in close
typ, dat = self._simple_command('CLOSE')
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/imaplib.py", line 1196, in _simple_command
return self._command_complete(name, self._command(name, *args))
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/imaplib.py", line 944, in _command
', '.join(Commands[name])))
imaplib.error: command CLOSE illegal in state AUTH, only allowed in states SELECTEDSolution:
Prior to server.close(), you must run server.select() at least once. If in doubt, just server.select("INBOX")because this will always work.
Insert this line before server.close():
server.select("INBOX")It should look like this:
server = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.mydomain.com')
server.login('[email protected]', 'password')
# ...
# Cleanup
server.select("INBOX")
server.close()For a complete example see Minimal Python IMAP over SSL example