Mails with large attachments sent but with error

[lamons]

I am using Lieer/gmi by calling it using gmi send -t -C /mail from neomutt. When I tried sending mails with large attachments (10~20MB), I get an error screen that looks like the mail sending was failed, and bumped me back to the email editor screen. But the mail had actually already been sent out at this time.

The error message I got is:

path: /mail
sending message, from: X X <X@gmail.com>..
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/homebrew/bin/gmi", line 24, in <module>
    g.main ()
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/lieer/gmailieer.py", line 418, in main
    args.func(args)
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/lieer/gmailieer.py", line 1093, in send
    msg = self.remote.send(msg, threadId)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/lieer/remote.py", line 139, in func_wrap
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/lieer/remote.py", line 877, in send
    .execute()
     ^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/googleapiclient/_helpers.py", line 130, in positional_wrapper
    return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/googleapiclient/http.py", line 923, in execute
    resp, content = _retry_request(
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/googleapiclient/http.py", line 222, in _retry_request
    raise exception
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/googleapiclient/http.py", line 191, in _retry_request
    resp, content = http.request(uri, method, *args, **kwargs)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google_auth_httplib2.py", line 218, in request
    response, content = self.http.request(
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1724, in request
    (response, content) = self._request(
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1444, in _request
    (response, content) = self._conn_request(conn, request_uri, method, body, headers)
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1396, in _conn_request
    response = conn.getresponse()
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/http/client.py", line 1423, in
+getresponse
    response.begin()
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/http/client.py", line 331, in begin
    version, status, reason = self._read_status()
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/http/client.py", line 292, in+_read_status
    line = str(self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1), "iso-8859-1")
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/socket.py", line 707, in readinto
    return self._sock.recv_into(b)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/ssl.py", line 1252, in recv_into
    return self.read(nbytes, buffer)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/ssl.py", line 1104, in read
    return self._sslobj.read(len, buffer)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TimeoutError: The read operation timed out
+_read_status
    line = str(self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1), "iso-8859-1")
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Not sure if this is a bug or some network issue on my side. Thanks!

[gauteh]

Looks like a network timeout. The timeout is configurable, but maybe not applied in this case. You can try to increase it and see if it helps.

-- gaute

[lamons]

@gauteh thanks for the tip. I tried setting the Timeout option to 0 but still got the same error. The error message end with

  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/http/client.py", line 292, in
+_read_status
    line = str(self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1), "iso-8859-1")
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/socket.py", line 707, in readinto
    return self._sock.recv_into(b)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/ssl.py", line 1252, in recv_into
    return self.read(nbytes, buffer)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/ssl.py", line 1104, in read
    return self._sslobj.read(len, buffer)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TimeoutError: The read operation timed out

Well despite the error, I can still send these emails, so I guess it's not something fatal...

[gauteh]

Ok. Maybe there is somewhere else where the timeout (an environment variable for SSL or something) can be configured. It is frequently set to 10 minutes.

Good that it still works though.. Do you manage to download the message later?

[lamons]

Thanks, I will try if I can find any other config that might be relevant. Though the error occurs much shorter than 10 minutes, I tested and counted, it pops up around 1 minutes after I hit send mail.

Do you manage to download the message later?

Yes, I can download the mail after the next gmi sync, like it is not sent from my neomutt.