pop3_ssl Attachment problem

[los117]

On Dec 20, 6:57 am, Chris <cwi... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 20, 9:22 am, los117 <los... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I am trying to fetch email from gmail, but what I am really interested
> > is theattachment.
> > I manage to access the gmail server and get the messege but the
> >attachmentcame as text:
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> > "------=_Part_5286_15861975.1197955173158
> > Content-Type: audio/mpeg; name="Dire Straits - 12 - Calling Elvis.mp3"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
> > X-Attachment-Id: f_fabzd5l20
> > Content-Disposition:attachment;
> >  filename="Dire Straits - 12 - Calling Elvis.mp3"
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> > //
> > ugbAAP8AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-A..."
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> > how do i manage to get the file? I google for a while now, but I am a
> > bit lost of ideas. Sorry for the noobish and the english. thanks =D
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> the base64 string you started quoting is theattachment.
> from base64 import decodestring
> fout = open( filename_from_email,
> 'w' ).write( decodestring( string_you_parsed_from_the_email ) )
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> also look at the email module, there are some functions to get the
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