sslerror: (8, 'EOF occurred in violation of protocol')

[Roopesh]

I am getting an SSL error while fetching mails from Gmail over SSL on
Port 995. This problem occurs occasionally only, otherwise it works
file. Any idea why it happens.

Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\python24\lib\threading.py", line 442, in __bootstrap
self.run()
File
"C:\The_email_archive_system\email_archiver\pensive\mail_source.py",
line
425, in run
self.download_mails ()
File
"C:\The_email_archive_system\email_archiver\pensive\mail_source.py",
line
403, in download_mails
mymsg = M.retr(msg_no)
File "c:\python24\lib\poplib.py", line 237, in retr
return self._longcmd('RETR %s' % which)
File "c:\python24\lib\poplib.py", line 172, in _longcmd
return self._getlongresp()
File "c:\python24\lib\poplib.py", line 157, in _getlongresp
line, o = self._getline()
File "c:\python24\lib\poplib.py", line 374, in _getline
self._fillBuffer()
File "c:\python24\lib\poplib.py", line 364, in _fillBuffer
localbuf = self.sslobj.read()
sslerror: (8, 'EOF occurred in violation of protocol')


Regards
Roopesh