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Python mail attachments..

jackdaw · 2008-10-10 09:38:04

Hi Anyone know how to READ attachments from emails in python ? I can send attachments ok , but reading them is a different matter ...

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10-10-2008 10:38am

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jackdaw

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Hi
Anyone know how to READ attachments from emails in python ?

I can send attachments ok , but reading them is a different matter ...

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#2 10-10-2008 10:48am
leeroybrown

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You can iterate over the various MIME parts with 'walk()' and deal with each attachment using 'get_filename()' and 'get_payload()'. If you search for 'walk' on this example page you'll find a code sample parsing a multi-part email message.

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