Public bug reported: Getmail is unable to retrieve messages over POP3 that have lines longer than 2048 characters. This blocks downloading of further messages even if they don't hit that limit.
This is fixed in getmail 4.48.0: http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/CHANGELOG A workaround is to edit /usr/lib/python2.7/poplib.py and set _MAXLINE to a large number, retrieve messages, and then set it back to 2048. Relevant upstream bugs: https://bugs.python.org/issue16041 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1752 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=782614 ** Affects: getmail4 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1471262 Title: Python 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.8 causes retreival errors on long POP3 message lines To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/getmail4/+bug/1471262/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs