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- The rfc822 Module
- A Simple DTD for E-mail
- An Example of an E-mail Message in XML
- Processing a Eudora Mailbox
- Processing a Linux Mailbox
- Processing an E-mail Message by Using the rfc822 Module
- Sending E-mail by Using xMail
- Source Code for the SendxMail Application
- Source Code for the xMail Application
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14.5 | Processing a Linux Mailbox
To process a Linux-style mailbox into individual messages, a different control structure is required. Note, however, that the processing of each individual e-mail is handled by ProcessMessage, which is common to both Linux and Eudora converters.
CD-ROM reference=14006.txt
DoLinuxMailBox(f):
# f is a file object.
L = f.readline()[:-1]
if string.find(L,"From ")!=0:
-print 'Expected mailbox "%s" to start with "From "' % MailBox
return
Message = []
L = f.readline()
while L:
if string.find(L,"From ")==0:
-# Full message accumulated in the Message # list, so process it to XML
ProcessMessage(Message,out)
Message = []
else:
# Accumulate e-mail contents line by line in
# Message list.
Message.append (L)
L = f.readline()
if Message:
# Last message in the mailbox
ProcessMessage(Message,out)