Properly formatted example for Python iMAP email access?

Question

tldr: Can someone show me how to properly format this Python iMAP example so it works?

from https://docs.python.org/2.4/lib/imap4-example.html

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Answer 1

Did you forget to specify the IMAP host and port? Use something to the effect of:

M = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL( 'imap.gmail.com' )

or,

M = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL()
M.open( 'imap.gmail.com' )