How to limit imap search/uid fetches

Question

In order to avoid

imaplib.error: command: UID => got more than 10000 bytes

I would like to fetch only a specific number of mails or requesting the number of search matches, without throwing an exception.

Is the only way how i can handle this problem, reducing the SINCE BEFORE interval on every exception, until i reach the first or last mail?

Editing _MAXLINE would only affect my environment and isn't helpful in this case.

arnt · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-08 10:54:15Z

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The only solution is to reduce SINCE/BEFORE, or its equivalent.

Will you submit a patch for python's imaplib, or shall I? We can't leave this forever.

answered Mar 8, 2015 at 10:54

arnt

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The next versions of python should be much more generous. The change has just been committed on the 2.7.x, 3.4.x and 3.5-to-be branches.