Commit b331bd45 authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

There is no IMAP class in the imaplib module; the class is IMAP4.

There is no imap module; refer to imaplib instead, since it exists.
Move the "See Also:" section in front of the sub-sections, for
consistency with other portions of the library reference.

This closes the library reference portion of SF bug #420216.
parent 5f3938ca
...@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ optional command sets. ...@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ optional command sets.
Note that POP3, though widely supported, is obsolescent. The Note that POP3, though widely supported, is obsolescent. The
implementation quality of POP3 servers varies widely, and too many are implementation quality of POP3 servers varies widely, and too many are
quite poor. If your mailserver supports IMAP, you would be better off quite poor. If your mailserver supports IMAP, you would be better off
using the \refmodule{IMAP} class, as IMAP servers tend to be better using the \code{\refmodule{imaplib}.\class{IMAP4}} class, as IMAP
implemented. servers tend to be better implemented.
A single class is provided by the \module{poplib} module: A single class is provided by the \module{poplib} module:
...@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ Exception raised on any errors. The reason for the exception is ...@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ Exception raised on any errors. The reason for the exception is
passed to the constructor as a string. passed to the constructor as a string.
\end{excdesc} \end{excdesc}
\begin{seealso}
\seemodule{imaplib}{The standard Python IMAP module.}
\seetitle{http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchail/fetchmail-FAQ.html}{
The FAQ for the fetchmail POP/IMAP client collects information
on POP3 server variations and RFC noncompliance that may be
useful if you need to write an application based on poplib.}
\end{seealso}
\subsection{POP3 Objects \label{pop3-objects}} \subsection{POP3 Objects \label{pop3-objects}}
...@@ -125,13 +133,6 @@ otherwise result is list \code{(\var{response}, ['mesgnum uid', ...], ...@@ -125,13 +133,6 @@ otherwise result is list \code{(\var{response}, ['mesgnum uid', ...],
\var{octets})}. \var{octets})}.
\end{methoddesc} \end{methoddesc}
\begin{seealso}
\seemodule{imap}{The standard Python IMAP module.}
\seetitle{http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchail/fetchmail-FAQ.html}{
The FAQ for the fetchmail POP/IMAP client collects information
on POP3 server variations and RFC noncompliance that may be
useful if you need to write an application based on poplib.}
\end{seealso}
\subsection{POP3 Example \label{pop3-example}} \subsection{POP3 Example \label{pop3-example}}
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