The mailbox Module

The mailbox module contains code that deals with a number of different mailbox formats (mostly Unix formats), as shown in Example 6-6. Most mailbox formats simply store plain RFC 822style messages in a long text file, using some kind of separator line to tell one message from another.

Example 6-6. Using the mailbox Module

File: mailbox-example-1.py import mailbox mb = mailbox.UnixMailbox(open("/var/spool/mail/effbot")) while 1: msg = mb.next() if not msg: break for k, v in msg.items(): print k, "=", v body = msg.fp.read() print len(body), "bytes in body" subject = for he's a ... message-id = <199910150027.CAA03202@spam.egg> received = (from fredrik@pythonware.com) by spam.egg (8.8.7/8.8.5) id CAA03202 for effbot; Fri, 15 Oct 1999 02:27:36 +0200 from = Fredrik Lundh date = Fri, 15 Oct 1999 12:35:36 +0200 to = effbot@spam.egg 1295 bytes in body

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