Manipulating mailboxes

[Maksim Kasimov]

change header information, insert messages into a database, delete/add messages, should not store passwords for all users, ... and any things else you wish to do - if your OS is UNIX - just forward mail messages of some users to your python script (you don't need to write a daemon for this)
All you need is to place file ".forward" in users home directory, and write like this:
|/path/myscript.py

and chmod the script:
chmod 777 /path/myscript.py

Laszlo Zsolt Nagy wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I need to create a daemon that sits on a server and forwards some 
> e-mails. (Well not only that, it needs to change header information 
> before forwarding and also insert messages into a database). The mailbox 
> module is fine but I do not see a way to delete/add messages - it is 
> ready only. The other possiblity is IMAP4 but it is bad because my 
> program should not store passwords for all users. I can only see one 
> solution right now:
> 
> 1. Make a copy of the mailbox
> 2. Truncate the mailbox
> 3. Process the messages in the copy and forward the e-mails by sending 
> out real e-mails.
> 
> But this looks so clumsy. Is there a way to delete/add messages to 
> mailboxes of different users, directly?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  Laci 2.0
> 


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Maksim Kasimov
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