!imaplib --- IMAP4 protocol client — IMAP4 Example
Here is a minimal example (without error checking) that opens a mailbox and retrieves and prints all messages M = imaplib.IMAP4(host='example.org') M.login(getpass.getuser(), getpass.getpass()) M.select() typ, data = M.search(None, 'ALL') for num in data[0].split(): typ, data = M.fetch(num, '(RFC822
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Here is a minimal example (without error checking) that opens a mailbox and retrieves and prints all messages
M = imaplib.IMAP4(host='example.org') M.login(getpass.getuser(), getpass.getpass()) M.select() typ, data = M.search(None, 'ALL') for num in data[0].split(): typ, data = M.fetch(num, '(RFC822)') print('Message %s\n%s\n' % (num, data0)) M.close() M.logout()
A FETCH response may contain additional or unsolicited data (see 3501, section 7.4.2), so production code should inspect the whole response rather than rely on data0.
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