Since the original one was recursive, and did not work for me I changed
it to this.
I hope it make it into the next release, although this is my first ever
python script.Well at least it works for me
Barak
#!/usr/bin/python
# Copyright (C) 2004 Dan Weber <dan at mirrorlynx dot com>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
# version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
# version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
# $Id: mailbox2dbmail,v 1.2 2004/03/19 15:24:08 ilja Exp $
import os,sys,getopt,email,email.Errors,mailbox
version = "%s 1.2" %(sys.argv[0],)
def main():
try:
user=mbox=type=''
msgnumber=1
box = "Inbox"
path = "/usr/local/sbin/dbmail-smtp"
opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "u:m:b:t:p:hv",
["user=","mail=","box=","path=","type=","help","version"])
for o, a in opts:
if o in ("-v","--version"):
print version
sys.exit()
elif o in ("-h","--help"):
usage()
sys.exit()
elif o in ("-u","--user"):
user = a
elif o in ("-m","--mail"):
mbox = a
elif o in ("-b","--box"):
box = a
elif o in ("-p","--path"):
path = a
elif o in ("-t","--type"):
type = a
if not user:
print "No user specified"
sys.exit(1)
if not mbox:
print "No mailbox specified"
sys.exit(1)
if box=="Inbox":
print "Using default Inbox"
if type=="mbox":
mbox =
mailbox.PortableUnixMailbox(open(mbox,'r'),email.message_from_file)
elif type=="maildir":
mbox = mailbox.Maildir(mbox,email.message_from_file)
elif type=="mhdir":
mbox = mailbox.MHMailbox(mbox,email.message_from_file)
elif not type:
print "No mailbox type specified"
sys.exit(1)
convert(user,mbox,box,path)
except getopt.GetoptError:
usage()
print "Error Parsing Options"
sys.exit(1)
def usage():
print version
print "'%s' -u|--user <user> -t|--type <mbox, maildir, and mhdir>
--mail|-m <location of mailbox> -b|--box <Inbox,Inbox.Sent etc> -p <path
to dbmail-smtp>" %(sys.argv[0],)
def convert(user,mbox,box,path):
# def msgmeter(msgnumber):
msgnumber = 1
# return convert(user,mbox,box,path,msgnumber)
mailmsg = mbox.next()
while mailmsg:
try:
msgnumber = msgnumber + 1
command = "'%s' -m '%s' -u '%s'" %(path,box,user)
dbmail = os.popen(command,'w')
dbmail.writelines(mailmsg.as_string())
dbmail.close()
del mailmsg
print "Processed Message '%s'" %(msgnumber,)
mailmsg = mbox.next()
except IOError:
print "Either box or user is invalid"
sys.exit(1)
except email.Errors.MessageParseError:
print "Error Parsing Mail"
sys.exit(1)
# return msgmeter(msgnumber)
# if not mailmsg:
print "All Done!"
sys.exit()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
