except:
print('Error - send failed')
else:
if failed: print('Failed:', failed)
def connect(servername, user, passwd):
print('Connecting...')
server = poplib.POP3(servername)
server.user(user) # connect, log in to mail server
server.pass_(passwd) # pass is a reserved word
print(server.getwelcome()) # print returned greeting message
return server
def loadmessages(servername, user, passwd, loadfrom=1):
server = connect(servername, user, passwd)
try:
print(server.list())
(msgCount, msgBytes) = server.stat()
print('There are', msgCount, 'mail messages in', msgBytes, 'bytes')
print('Retrieving...')
msgList = [] # fetch mail now
for i in range(loadfrom, msgCount+1): # empty if low >= high
(hdr, message, octets) = server.retr(i) # save text on list
message = decodeToUnicode(message) # 4E, Py3.1: bytes to str
msgList.append('\n'.join(message)) # leave mail on server
finally:
server.quit() # unlock the mail box
assert len(msgList) == (msgCount - loadfrom) + 1 # msg nums start at 1
return msgList
def deletemessages(servername, user, passwd, toDelete, verify=True):
print('To be deleted:', toDelete)
if verify and input('Delete?')[:1] not in ['y', 'Y']:
print('Delete cancelled.')
else:
server = connect(servername, user, passwd)
try:
print('Deleting messages from server...')
for msgnum in toDelete: # reconnect to delete mail
server.dele(msgnum) # mbox locked until quit()
finally:
server.quit()
def showindex(msgList):
count = 0 # show some mail headers
for msgtext in msgList:
msghdrs = Parser().parsestr(msgtext, headersonly=True) # expects str in 3.1
count += 1
print('%d:\t%d bytes' % (count, len(msgtext)))
for hdr in ('From', 'To', 'Date', 'Subject'):
try:
print('\t%-8s=>%s' % (hdr, msghdrs[hdr]))
except KeyError:
print('\t%-8s=>(unknown)' % hdr)
if count % 5 == 0:
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