How to resolve socket error when connecting to imap.gmail.com via port 993 using imaplib?
Question: 
    import imaplib
    s = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com', 993)
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/imaplib.py", line 1138, in __init__
        IMAP4.__init__(self, host, port)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/imaplib.py", line 163, in __init__
        self.open(host, port)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/imaplib.py", line 1149, in open
        self.sock = socket.create_connection((host, port))
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/socket.py", line 561, in create_connection
        raise error, msg
    socket.error: [Errno 113] No route to host
    


Answer: Looks like a (possible temporary) network error rather than a software
problem.

Try it again now, or from another machine.

