Extract zip file from email attachment

[Gabriel Genellina]

erikcw wrote:


>         resp = p.retr(msg_num)
>         if resp[0].startswith('+OK'):

You don't have to check this; errors are transformed into exceptions.

>                     fileObj = StringIO.StringIO()

cStringIO is faster

>                     fileObj.write( part.get_payload() )

You have to reset the file pointer to the beginning: fileObj.seek(0),
else ZipFile will not be able to read the contents.

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Gabriel Genellina