poplib: Line too long error causes knock-on failure to retrieve all subsequent messages

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3/5
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Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start by locating the Python poplib implementation and reproducing the line-too-long error described in the title, with attention to how subsequent messages are retrieved. Done means the error no longer prevents retrieval of later messages, with regression coverage for the reported behavior.

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BPO 24706

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title = 'poplib: Line too long error causes knock-on failure to retrieve all subsequent messages'
updated_at = <Date 2015-07-24.15:24:32.632>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/ChrisSmowton'

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