[New-bugs-announce] [issue6426] imaplib.IMAP4 "command illegal in this state" is unhelpful error message

[Sjoerd]

New submission from Sjoerd <sjoerd-python at linuxonly.nl>:

If you do not IMAP4.select(), you get the following error:
imaplib.error: command SEARCH illegal in state AUTH.

This does not inform the user that he has to do IMAP4.select(). Better
would be: 
imaplib.error: command SEARCH illegal in state AUTH, allowed in state
SELECTED.

See also:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/patches/2006-December/021308.html

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 90166
nosy: Sjoerder
severity: normal
status: open
title: imaplib.IMAP4 "command illegal in this state" is unhelpful error message
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.5

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