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When using NNTP.body(id,file) I get the following repeatable error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
 File "nntplib.py", line 436, in body
 return self.artcmd('BODY {0}'.format(id), file)
 File "nntplib.py", line 410, in artcmd
 resp, list = self.longcmd(line, file)
 File "nntplib.py", line 267, in longcmd
 return self.getlongresp(file)
 File "nntplib.py", line 249, in getlongresp
 file.write(line + b'\n')
 File "/usr/lib/python3.0/io.py", line 1478, in write
 s.__class__.__name__)
TypeError: can't write bytes to text stream
But by simply changing the line
 openedFile = file = open(file, "w")
...to...
 openedFile = file = open(file, "wb")
...in the following code:
 def getlongresp(self, file=None):
 """Internal: get a response plus following text from the server.
 Raise various errors if the response indicates an error."""
 openedFile = None
 try:
 # If a string was passed then open a file with that name
 if isinstance(file, str):
 openedFile = file = open(file, "wb")
...it seems to fix the problem. I discovered this in 3.0, but downloading and inspecting the source for 3.1 shows the same problem.
MDMullins