def message_from_string(s, _class=None, strict=False):
"""Parse a string into a Message object model.
Optional _class and strict are passed to the Parser constructor.
"""
from email.Parser import Parser
if _class is None:
from email.Message import Message
_class = Message
return Parser(_class, strict=strict).parsestr(s)
def message_from_file(fp, _class=None, strict=False):
"""Read a file and parse its contents into a Message object model.
Optional _class and strict are passed to the Parser constructor.
"""
from email.Parser import Parser
if _class is None:
from email.Message import Message
_class = Message
return Parser(_class, strict=strict).parse(fp)
# Patch encodings.aliases to recognize 'ansi_x3.4_1968' which isn't a standard
# alias in Python 2.1.3, but is used by the email package test suite.
from encodings.aliases import aliases # The aliases dictionary
if not aliases.has_key('ansi_x3.4_1968'):
aliases['ansi_x3.4_1968'] = 'ascii'
del aliases # Not needed any more
