my test was with imap.gmail.com
cat .popper/popper.log
Checking email accounts at: Sat Apr 16 10:14:13 2011
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "popper.py", line 1218, in <module>
if __name__ == '__main__': main()
File "popper.py", line 1208, in main
indicator.timeout() # immediate check, firstcheck=True
File "popper.py", line 536, in timeout
self.mail_list = self.mails.get_mail(self.sort_order) # get all mails from all inboxes
File "popper.py", line 222, in get_mail
status, data = srv.search(None, 'UNSEEN') # ALL or UNSEEN
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/imaplib.py", line 627, in search
typ, dat = self._simple_command(name, *criteria)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/imaplib.py", line 1070, in _simple_command
return self._command_complete(name, self._command(name, *args))
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/imaplib.py", line 825, in _command
', '.join(Commands[name])))
imaplib.error: command SEARCH illegal in state AUTH, only allowed in states SELECTED
needed to explicitly specify port number 993 as in http://