----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <python-list@python.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 10:48 AM Subject: Re: need to strip stuff off email
> > > > "nephish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > hey there, > > > i have a script that retrieves my email, but i need it to > > > be able to strip all the stuff off except the body (the message itself) > > > so i can later write it to a text file. > > > > > > anyone know how to accomplish this? > > > thanks > > The body is: The rest of the email after "the first blank line after the > subject header". In practice it is the first blank line. > > If you get the message into a string it can sometimes be easier to just > RSPLIT the string at '\r\n\r\n', if the message is in a list then the body > = '\r\n'.join(msg[x:]) where x = that blank line +1 , that way if you > don't need any of the header info, you don't have to decode the message and > rebuild it in a file. > > if you *are* using the email module, eg > > msg = email.message_from_file(a_file) > > then rsplit the msg to get the same result. > > As someone will no doubt point out, some emails are broken and parts of > the headers will end up in the body (even when you view the email it in a > client), this is very rare though. Ah, trying to do anything before my first cup of coffee in the morning is always a mistake - substitute RSPLIT with LSPLIT for both occurrences above !!! :( -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
