Email client in Pyhton

[Guest]

Hi grp,
I new to this grp and python too.
i have started writing few python scripts myself.

now i am planning to write a bear minimum email client in
pyhton. i found the smtp module of python could serve my
pupose. I can send message using mails using the smtp lib.
Now i'm looking for some modules which can help me in
fetching the mails from the mailserver and managing folders.

I also look for some existing mail client, written in python
which wud serve my cause.

i searched google for no avail.

 

[rafi]

Mark Lutz in Programming Python, 2nd ed from O'Reilly covers the subject
in chapter 11 using only the standards modules for mails and Tkinter.

hth

 

[Jonas Geiregat]

Hi grp,
I new to this grp and python too.
i have started writing few python scripts myself.

now i am planning to write a bear minimum email client in
pyhton. i found the smtp module of python could serve my
pupose. I can send message using mails using the smtp lib.
Now i'm looking for some modules which can help me in
fetching the mails from the mailserver and managing folders.

I also look for some existing mail client, written in python
which wud serve my cause.

i searched google for no avail.

Maybe start by reading some email related rfc's

 

[Nemesis]

Mentre io pensavo ad una intro simpatica "(e-mail address removed)"
scriveva:

now i am planning to write a bear minimum email client in
pyhton. i found the smtp module of python could serve my
pupose. I can send message using mails using the smtp lib.
Now i'm looking for some modules which can help me in
fetching the mails from the mailserver and managing folders.

I also look for some existing mail client, written in python
which wud serve my cause.

Start reading related RFCs like RFC2822, RFC2045/6/7, RFC2231, RFC821
.... and then read Python documentation and you'll find that most of
these RFC are supported/implemented by python modules like

- email
- smtlib
- rfc822

As far I know the most complete mail client written in Python is Pyne,
wich is a news/mail client written with PyGTK.

I'm writing a newsreader (XPN), wich can send mail replies, maybe you
can read its code.