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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-12-08 16:30:10 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-12-08 16:30:10 (GMT)
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Correct the poplib example. Stephan Richter pointed out some problems
with it.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libpoplib.tex b/Doc/lib/libpoplib.tex
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+++ b/Doc/lib/libpoplib.tex
@@ -119,15 +119,15 @@ Here is a minimal example (without error checking) that opens a
mailbox and retrieves and prints all messages:
\begin{verbatim}
-import getpass, poplib, string
+import getpass, poplib
M = poplib.POP3('localhost')
M.user(getpass.getuser())
-M.pass(getpass.getpass())
+M.pass_(getpass.getpass())
numMessages = len(M.list()[1])
for i in range(numMessages):
for j in M.retr(i+1)[1]:
- sys.stdout.write(j)
+ print j
\end{verbatim}
At the end of the module, there is a test section that contains a more