Anthony Papillion wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Please don’t do that again. > I have a TON of email (years) stored in my Thunderbird. My backup > strategy for the last few years has been to periodically dump it all > in a tar file, encrypt that tar file, and move it up to the cloud. > That way, if my machine ever crashes, I don't lose years of email. > > But I've been thinking about bringing Python into the mix to build a > bridge between Thunderbird and SQLite or MySQL (probably sqlite) where > all mail would be backed up to a database where I could run analytics > against it and search it more effectively. > > I'm looking for a way to get at the mail stored in Thunderbird using > Python and, so far, I can't find anything. I did find the mozmail > package but it seems to be geared more towards testing and not really > the kind of use I need. > > Can anyone suggest anything? Yes. (Please never ask that question again: <http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>) Thunderbird uses the mbox format to store both e-mails and news messages. -- PointedEars Twitter: @PointedEars2 Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
