simple script to read and parse mailbox

[chuck amadi]

fishboy wrote:

>On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 15:27:36 +0100, chuck amadi
><chuck.amadi at ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>>Hi , Im trying to parse a specific users mailbox (testwwws) and output 
>>the body of the messages to a file ,that file will then be loaded into a 
>>PostGresql DB at some point .
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>>I  have read the email posts and been advised to use the email Module 
>>and mailbox Module.
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>>The blurb from a memeber of this list . Im not at work at the moment So 
>>I cant test this out , but if someone could take a look and check that 
>>im on the write track as this Monday I need to show my Boss and get the 
>>body data out of the user's mailbox.
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>>**Blurb form a member who's directed me**
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>>Thus started with the mailbox and email modules.  Mailbox lets you iterate over a 
>>mailbox yielding individual messages of type email.  The e-mail object lets 
>>you parse and operate on the message components.  From there you should be 
>>able to extract your data.
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>Hi again Chuck,
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>I've been reading a few of your posts and I'm wondering.  Are the
>emails that you're parsing have binary attachments, like pictures and
>stuff, or are you just trying to get the text of the body?
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>Or is it a little of both?  It looks like you're expecting emails with
>multiple binary attachments.
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>Other than that it looks good.  You can access the header fields
>directly, like:
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>print msg['From']
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>Save you a little typing.
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Well I did hack  most of the code . I was trying using the mboxutils 
module but I could only get the headers . I assume form this script I 
can get the text of the body . The reason I haven't tested is while at 
work I started the write (Oops Hack ) the script then emailed it home . 
Because I use pop3 account I onlt have a /var/spool/mail/Chucka not as 
in work /home/User/Mail/inbox that I usuaslly scan to view data in inbox.

So please re-affirm that my hack script will be able to parse the text 
of the body ( No attachments of binaries will exist within the email 
messages.

Cheers for you help.

print msg['Body']

I just need the text of the body. But from your psi I can -