TypeError Exception in email lib

[MRAB]

BJ Swope wrote:
[snip]
> 
> Speak of the devil and demons appear...
> 
>  /logs/python/imap_fetcher/spam_serv1.bigbluenetworks.com.py
> 
> Parsing of emails for spam at serv1.bigbluenetworks.com failed.
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/logs/python/imap_fetcher/spam_serv1.bigbluenetworks.com.py",
> line 81, in <module>
>     clean_stale_mail()
>   File "/logs/python/imap_fetcher/spam_serv1.bigbluenetworks.com.py",
> line 24, in clean_stale_mail
>     utc_msg_date = email.utils.mktime_tz(msg_date2)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/email/_parseaddr.py", line 142, in mktime_tz
>     if data[9] is None:
> TypeError: 'NoneType' object is unsubscriptable
> 
> 
> 
> def clean_stale_mail():
>     msg_date1= the_email.get('Date')

What is the value of 'msg_date1' at this point?

>     msg_date2 = email.utils.parsedate_tz(msg_date1)

What is the value of 'msg_date2' at this point?

The docs say that parsedate_tz() can return a 10-tuple or None.

Presumably, if it can't parse the date then it returns None.

>     try:
>         utc_msg_date = email.utils.mktime_tz(msg_date2)
>     except OverflowError:
>         M.store(msg_id, '+FLAGS.SILENT', '\\Deleted')
>         return
>     utc_stale_date = time.time() - (86000*stale_days)
>     if utc_msg_date <= utc_stale_date:
>         M.store(msg_id, '+FLAGS.SILENT', '\\Deleted')
> 
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