def LoadMailboxFromConfiguration(mailbox_type: str,
location: str) -> mailbox.Mailbox:
mail_box = None
if os.path.exists(location) is True:
Logger.write().debug('Found mailbox type "%s"' % mailbox_type)
for case in Switch(mailbox_type):
if case('maildir'):
mail_box = mailbox.Maildir(location)
break
if case('mbox'):
mail_box = mailbox.mbox(location)
break
if case('mh'):
mail_box = mailbox.MH(location)
break
if case('babyl'):
mail_box = mailbox.Babyl(location)
break
if case('mmdf'):
mail_box = mailbox.MMDF(location)
break
if case():
Logger.write().error(
'Unknown mailbox type "%s" was specified' % mailbox_type)
break
else:
Logger.write().error('The mailbox path given (%s) does not exist!' %
location)
return mail_box
def mail_container(value):
"""
Check that the value points to a valid mail container,
in URI-style, e.g.: `mbox:///home/username/mail/mail.box`.
The value is cast to a :class:`mailbox.Mailbox` object.
"""
if not re.match(r'.*://.*', value):
raise VdtTypeError(value)
mburl = urlparse(value)
if mburl.scheme == 'mbox':
box = mailbox.mbox(mburl.path)
elif mburl.scheme == 'maildir':
box = mailbox.Maildir(mburl.path)
elif mburl.scheme == 'mh':
box = mailbox.MH(mburl.path)
elif mburl.scheme == 'babyl':
box = mailbox.Babyl(mburl.path)
elif mburl.scheme == 'mmdf':
box = mailbox.MMDF(mburl.path)
else:
raise VdtTypeError(value)
return box
# Python Email Communication System
# How to use the email package to read, write, and send
# To copy all mail from a Babyl mailbox to an MH mailbox, converting
# all of the format-specific information that can be converted:
import mailbox
destination = mailbox.MH('~/Mail')
destination.lock()
for message in mailbox.Babyl('~/RMAIL'):
destination.add(mailbox.MHMessage(message))
destination.flush()
destination.unlock()