Retrieve Email Attachments

[Fazer]

Hello,

I need to access a POP or mayb IMAP based email account and extract
attachments (probably images) from the email messages. How can this
be done with the current two module libraries?

Thanks for any insight.

Faizan.

[Lutz Horn]

Re: Retrieve Email Attachments

> I need to access a POP or mayb IMAP based email account and extract[color=blue]
> attachments (probably images) from the email messages. How can this
> be done with the current two module libraries?[/color]

Use poplib or imaplib to get a message as a string.
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>>> import poplib
>>> connection = poplib.POP3("se rvername")
>>> connection.user ("username")
>>> connection.pass _("password")[/color][/color][/color]

Then use the email module (new in 2.2) to parse this string into an
instance of email.Messsage using
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>>> import email
>>> msg = email.message_f rom_string(msg_ as_string)[/color][/color][/color]

Use the methods of the resulting email.Message instance to get the
contents of the email.

Lutz

[Lutz Horn]

Re: Retrieve Email Attachments

Lutz Horn wrote:[color=blue]
> Use poplib or imaplib to get a message as a string.
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> import poplib
> >>> connection = poplib.POP3("se rvername")
> >>> connection.user ("username")
> >>> connection.pass _("password")[/color][/color][/color]

forgot:
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>>> msg_as_string = connection.get( number_of_messa ge_on_server)[/color][/color][/color]
[color=blue]
> Then use the email module (new in 2.2) to parse this string into an
> instance of email.Messsage using
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> import email
> >>> msg = email.message_f rom_string(msg_ as_string)[/color][/color]
>
> Use the methods of the resulting email.Message instance to get the
> contents of the email.[/color]

[deelan]

Re: Retrieve Email Attachments

Fazer wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I need to access a POP or mayb IMAP based email account and extract
> attachments (probably images) from the email messages. How can this
> be done with the current two module libraries?[/color]
i've posted an example script non too long ago:
<http://tinyurl.com/yuhmn>

cheers,
deelan

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[Fazer]

Re: Retrieve Email Attachments

Thanks a lot for your guide!

Lutz Horn <lho@gmx.de> wrote in message news:<2gj7b8F3f d4cU2@uni-berlin.de>...[color=blue]
> Lutz Horn wrote:[color=green]
> > Use poplib or imaplib to get a message as a string.
> >[color=darkred]
> > >>> import poplib
> > >>> connection = poplib.POP3("se rvername")
> > >>> connection.user ("username")
> > >>> connection.pass _("password")[/color][/color]
>
> forgot:
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> msg_as_string = connection.get( number_of_messa ge_on_server)[/color][/color]
>[color=green]
> > Then use the email module (new in 2.2) to parse this string into an
> > instance of email.Messsage using
> >[color=darkred]
> > >>> import email
> > >>> msg = email.message_f rom_string(msg_ as_string)[/color]
> >
> > Use the methods of the resulting email.Message instance to get the
> > contents of the email.[/color][/color]

[Fazer]

Re: Retrieve Email Attachments

Wow! Exactly what I needed. Thanks a million!

deelan <ggg@zzz.it> wrote in message news:<62328c.l5 b.ln@news1.inte rplanet.it>...[color=blue]
> Fazer wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Hello,
> >
> > I need to access a POP or mayb IMAP based email account and extract
> > attachments (probably images) from the email messages. How can this
> > be done with the current two module libraries?[/color]
> i've posted an example script non too long ago:
> <http://tinyurl.com/yuhmn>
>
> cheers,
> deelan[/color]