[PLUG] Python and IMAP4 server...

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> The following script doesn't seem to work:

What does it do/how does it fail? The script looks almost identical to this one: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/703185/using-email-headerparser-with-imaplib-fetch-in-python


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On Tuesday, July 30, 2019 6:39 PM, Michael Christopher Robinson <michael at robinson-west.com> wrote:

> I have my email hosted by Eskimo North. I want to write a python
> script to go through the spam folder and email me every subject of
> every email in it. Properly encoded of course as ASCII text.
>
> Looks like I want to use imaplib.
>
> I would like to eventually process the spam folder and move dangerous
> emails... would be nice if I could grab a subject list and say
> quarantine message 10, 30, and 49 out of say 100 spam messages.
> I'd also like to quarantine dangerous attachments or at least sanitize
> them...
>
> Been trying to get the subject list part done, not doing too well
> though.
>
> The following script doesn't seem to work:
>
> #! /usr/bin/env python
>
> import imaplib
> from email.parser import HeaderParser
>
> conn = imaplib.IMAP4('mail.eskimo.com')
> conn.login('fakeusername','fakepassword')
> conn.select()
> conn.search(None, 'ALL')
> data = conn.fetch(1, '(BODY[HEADER])')
>
> header_data = data[1][0][1]
>
> parser = HeaderParser()
> msg = parser.parsestr(header_data)
>
> print msg.keys()
>
> fakeusername and fakepassword are placeholders of course...
>
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