code examples for rfc822 module?

[Jon J. Morin]

Tim Roberts wrote:

> rotundo52 at hotmail.com (Jon J. Morin) wrote:
> 
>>Does anyone know of any sites or other resources with code examples
>>using the rfc822 modulde?  I am writing an app that sends and receives
>>email and I really don't understand the documentation on the
>>python.org site (I'm kind of a Python newbie).  Any help is
>>appreciated.
> 
> The test routine at the end of the module gives you the basic operation.
> There isn't too much to rfc822; you feed it a message, it returns the
> headers and addresses in usable fashion.  You might want to look at the
> email module instead, if you need more (like MIME handling).
> 
> What were you hoping to have it do?
> --
> - Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
>   Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Thanks.  I checked out the documentation for the email modulue and this is 
more of what I need.  I am still learning about the standard library, and I 
guess that I was trying to reinvent the wheel ;)

Jon