Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python?

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Anthony Papillion wrote:

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Please don’t do that again.

> I have a TON of email (years) stored in my Thunderbird. My backup
> strategy for the last few years has been to periodically dump it all
> in a tar file, encrypt that tar file, and move it up to the cloud.
> That way, if my machine ever crashes, I don't lose years of email.
> 
> But I've been thinking about bringing Python into the mix to build a
> bridge between Thunderbird and SQLite or MySQL (probably sqlite) where
> all mail would be backed up to a database where I could run analytics
> against it and search it more effectively.
> 
> I'm looking for a way to get at the mail stored in Thunderbird using
> Python and, so far, I can't find anything. I did find the mozmail
> package but it seems to be geared more towards testing and not really
> the kind of use I need.
> 
> Can anyone suggest anything?

Yes.

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Thunderbird uses the mbox format to store both e-mails and news messages.

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