[issue44408] imaplib fails when server sends extra blank line after literal value

John L added the comment: It causes an exception and traceback, don't remember which exception six months later. I'll see if I can add a suitable test case to the unit test. -- ___ Python tracker _

[issue44408] imaplib fails when server sends extra blank line after literal value

Irit Katriel added the comment: How does it fail? Can you provide a reproducer and add a unit test to the PR? -- nosy: +iritkatriel type: crash -> behavior versions: -Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker

[issue44408] imaplib fails when server sends extra blank line after literal value

Change by John L : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +25286 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/26701 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue44408] imaplib fails when server sends extra blank line after literal value

New submission from John L : Some IMAP servers return an extra blank line after a counted literal value, which makes imaplib crash. MacOS mail and T'bird handle the blank line OK so it seems to be a somewhat common bug. -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 395729 nosy: jrlevine prio