On 2016-03-29, Random832 <random...@fastmail.com> wrote: > I'd posted this to stdlib-...@python.org without realizing that that > list is mostly dead. > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016, at 22:33, Random832 wrote: >> I assume that everyone who has ever used imaplib is familiar with how >> painful its output format is to deal with.
Yes. Been there, done that, still have bald patches where I tore my hair out. >> I am wondering if anyone else has any ideas on ways it can be >> extended in a backward-compatible way to provide options for better >> parsing, handling unilateral data from the server, processing data >> as it comes in, etc. I think giving up on backwards compatiblity and starting from scratch is the best idea. I like imaplib2 https://pypi.python.org/pypi/imaplib2 https://github.com/bcoe/imaplib2 https://sourceforge.net/projects/imaplib2/ imapclient is pretty nice to work with: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/IMAPClient https://bitbucket.org/mjs0/imapclient http://freshfoo.com/presentations/imapclient-intro/#/ Perhaps it (or something like it) could be added to the std library alongside the current imaplib. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I'm reporting for duty at as a modern person. I want gmail.com to do the Latin Hustle now! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
