Python poplib._MAXLINE problem

[Thomas]

I missed some mails and found, that getmail cant fetch my external mail-accounts.

my manual running I got this:

Retrieval error: server for SimplePOP3SSLRetriever:<email address hidden>@pop.gmx.net:995 is broken; offered message 0Llq72-1YgEPZ0gim-00ZO3n but failed to provide it. Please notify the administrator of the server. Skipping message...

After searching I found Debian Bug Report #782614, where others have to same problem.

After change /usr/lib/python2.7/poplib.py with _MAXLINE = 999999 it works, but this is not the final solution.

They suggest a patch for getmail, which should get applied.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: getmail4 4.24.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-57.95~precise1-generic 3.13.11-ckt21
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-57-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jul 15 13:24:22 2015
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130214)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SourcePackage: getmail4
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)