Net::IMAP::BadResponseError: Could not parse command when filtering by date

[faelsoto]

Hi there,

It seems that there's an issue whenever before, after and to are used to filter emails. The response is Net::IMAP::BadResponseError: Could not parse command

Here's a sample code:

gmail = Gmail.new(email, password)
gmail.inbox.find(:unread) # this works
gmail.inbox.find(:unread, :before => Date.parse("2010-02-20")) # this doesn't

Maybe Gmail changed its parameters?

Thanks.

[atomgiant]

I am also seeing this behavior @faelsoto. This also affects the ruby-gmail gem too which I started out on and switched to this gem to see if it fixes this issue.

Perhaps Gmail rolled out some changes that broke this?

[Guitaronin]

I'm having this problem as well. It began between 8pm and 9pm last night.

Edit: Eastern US time

[Shwetakale]

@faelsoto @Guitaronin @atomgiant It seems to be Google now lo longer seems to accept full month name. It requires short month names.

Did you all check latest pull request sent by @cynektix ? after using his branch my code started working as expected.

[peterfication]

For an immediate monkey patch see #228

[syedhassan]

@cynektix gr8 work

[johnnygoodman]

@cynektix Worked for me, thank you!

[elearning1985]

I see this issue again. Error message :`get_tagged_response': Could not parse command (Net::IMAP::BadResponseError)

code that i was trying to execute:
mailbox_obj.inbox.find(:after => Date.parse('2017-01-10')).each do |email|
email.read!
end
i need to use date time as the filter. Is there a way i can use this still? Could someone please reply?

[zenbalaji]

I am also getting this error again

*** Net::IMAP::BadResponseError Exception: Could not parse command

[peterfication]

@elearning1985 @zenbalaji did you even read through the whole thread?

I think this can be closed as it is resolved by #229

For a monkey patch solution until the next release is made see #228

[olleho]

Was this ever resolved? It seems to still be happening on 0.6.0

[peterfication]

If you compare the PR date of the fix, Jan 27 2017, and the release date of 0.6.0, Aug 24 2015, you realise that the fix hasn't been released yet.

So you have to use the master branch.

[olleho]

I'm installing this through ruby gem, will i need to manually build it instead?

[peterfication]

You can either put this in the Gemfile:

gem 'gmail', git: 'https://github.com/gmailgem/gmail'

or even reference a specific commit hash directly:

gem 'gmail', git: 'https://github.com/gmailgem/gmail', ref: '4f78039e9821340a24ad3d840180d2ec6c6e0115'

or you leave your Gemfile as it is and look here for the monkey patch solution: #228

[mhluska]

This is still not working for me. I've tried both the latest master gem and the monkey patch solution. I'm using an account that is part of G Suite. I've enabled less secure apps for the account.

[peterfication]

Do you have a problem with specifying a date for a query or doesn't the gmail gem work in general for you?