AttributeError with getmail.

[Gerhard Häring]

Stefan - ZipKid - Goethals wrote in comp.lang.python:
> except socket.error, txt:
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'error'
> 
> The problem is NOT with getmail since an identical install on another 
> system works ok.

Your Python installation is broken - it looks like a _socket.so is
missing.

> I am probably missing a lib or a file somewhere. As I now very
> little about python, could someone point me in the correct direction
> please.

Try removing, then reinstalling Python on this machine.

-- Gerhard