Re: Problem with continuing to run Getmail

On 2020-09-20 13:26, Chris Dunn wrote:
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> 
> Now when I run /usr/local/bin/getmail (with my existing
> ~/.getmail/getmailrc in place) I'm seeing :
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/bin/getmail", line 59, in <module>
>     from getmailcore import __version__, retrievers, destinations, 
> filters, \
>   File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/getmailcore/retrievers.py",
> line 45, in <module>
>     from getmailcore._retrieverbases import *
>   File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/getmailcore/_retrieverbases.py",
> line 317, in <module>
>     class POP3_SSL_EXTENDED(poplib.POP3_SSL):
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'POP3_SSL'
> 
> No mail is fetched. The original /usr/bin/getmail still functions well.
> 
> Can anybody please advise what is wrong here, correct me on any
> mis-steps that I may have made, and advise how I can work around the
> problem.
> 
> All responses will be gratefully received.

What happens if you connect with SimpleImapRetriever ?

mick