#!/usr/local/bin/python ###################################################### # A simple command-line email interface client in # Python; uses Python POP3 mail interface module to # view pop email account messages; uses rfc822 and # StringIO modules to extract mail message headers; ###################################################### import poplib, rfc822, string, StringIO def connect(servername, user, passwd): print 'Connecting...' server = poplib.POP3(servername) server.user(user) # connect, login 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 = [] for i in range(loadfrom, msgCount+1): # empty if low >= high print i, # fetch mail now (hdr, message, octets) = server.retr(i) # save text on list msgList.append(string.join(message, '\n')) # leave mail on server print 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=1): print 'To be deleted:', toDelete if verify and raw_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 for msg in msgList: # strip,show some mail headers strfile = StringIO.StringIO(msg) # make string look like a file msghdrs = rfc822.Message(strfile) # parse mail headers into a dict count = count + 1 print '%d:\t%d bytes' % (count, len(msg)) for hdr in ('From', 'Date', 'Subject'): try: print '\t%s=>%s' % (hdr, msghdrs[hdr]) except KeyError: print '\t%s=>(unknown)' % hdr #print '\n\t%s=>%s' % (hdr, msghdrs.get(hdr, '(unknown)') if count % 5 == 0: raw_input('[Press Enter key]') # pause after each 5 def showmessage(i, msgList): if 1 <= i <= len(msgList): print '-'*80 print msgList[i-1] # this prints entire mail--hdrs+text print '-'*80 # to get text only, call file.read() else: # after rfc822.Message reads hdr lines print 'Bad message number' def savemessage(i, mailfile, msgList): if 1 <= i <= len(msgList): open(mailfile, 'a').write('\n' + msgList[i-1] + '-'*80 + '\n') else: print 'Bad message number' def msgnum(command): try: return string.atoi(string.split(command)[1]) except: return -1 # assume this is bad helptext = """ Available commands: i - index display l n? - list all messages (or just message n) d n? - mark all messages for deletion (or just message n) s n? - save all messages to a file (or just message n) m - compose and send a new mail message q - quit pymail ? - display this help text """ def interact(msgList, mailfile): showindex(msgList) toDelete = [] while 1: try: command = raw_input('[Pymail] Action? (i, l, d, s, m, q, ?) ') except EOFError: command = 'q' # quit if not command or command == 'q': break # index elif command[0] == 'i': showindex(msgList) # list elif command[0] == 'l': if len(command) == 1: for i in range(1, len(msgList)+1): showmessage(i, msgList) else: showmessage(msgnum(command), msgList) # save elif command[0] == 's': if len(command) == 1: for i in range(1, len(msgList)+1): savemessage(i, mailfile, msgList) else: savemessage(msgnum(command), mailfile, msgList) # delete elif command[0] == 'd': if len(command) == 1: toDelete = range(1, len(msgList)+1) # delete all later else: delnum = msgnum(command) if (1 <= delnum <= len(msgList)) and (delnum not in toDelete): toDelete.append(delnum) else: print 'Bad message number' # mail elif command[0] == 'm': # send a new mail via smtp try: # reuse existing script execfile('smtpmail.py', {}) # run file in own namespace except: print 'Error - mail not sent' # don't die if script dies elif command[0] == '?': print helptext else: print 'What? -- type "?" for commands help' return toDelete if __name__ == '__main__': import sys, getpass, mailconfig mailserver = mailconfig.popservername # ex: 'starship.python.net' mailuser = mailconfig.popusername # ex: 'lutz' mailfile = mailconfig.savemailfile # ex: r'c:\stuff\savemail' mailpswd = getpass.getpass('Password for %s?' % mailserver) if sys.platform[:3] == 'win': raw_input() # clear stream print '[Pymail email client]' msgList = loadmessages(mailserver, mailuser, mailpswd) # load all toDelete = interact(msgList, mailfile) if toDelete: deletemessages(mailserver, mailuser, mailpswd, toDelete) print 'Bye.'