2 The module contains the MailIterator class.
4 Copyright (c) 2012 Intra2net AG
5 Author: Plamen Dimitrov
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19 import imaplib, socket
23 MAILBOX_RESP = re.compile(r'\((?P<flags>.*?)\) "(?P<delimiter>.*)" (?P<name>.*)')
28 """This class communicates with the IMAP server."""
31 # IMAP4_SSL for connection with an IMAP server
33 # list of tuples (uidvalidity, mailboxname) for the retrieved mailboxes
38 def __init__(self, server, username, password):
39 """Creates a connection and a user session."""
43 self.mail_con = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(server)
44 logging.info("Connected to %s", server)
45 except socket.error as ex:
46 logging.error("Could not connect to host: %s", ex)
51 self.mail_con.login(username, password)
53 logging.info("Logged in as %s.", username)
54 except self.mail_con.error as ex:
55 self.logged_in = False
56 logging.error("Could not log in as user %s: %s", username, ex)
61 _result, mailboxes = self.mail_con.list()
62 except self.mail_con.error as ex:
63 logging.warning("Could not retrieve mailboxes for user %s: %s", username, ex)
65 for mailbox in mailboxes:
66 mailbox = MAILBOX_RESP.match(mailbox.decode('iso-8859-1')).groups()
67 self.mailboxes.append(mailbox)
68 self.mailboxes = sorted(self.mailboxes, key=lambda box: box[2], reverse=True)
73 """Closes the connection and the user session."""
77 self.mail_con.logout()
80 """Iterates through all mailboxes, returns (children,delimiter,name)."""
82 for mailbox in self.mailboxes:
83 logging.debug("Checking mailbox %s", mailbox[2])
84 # select mailbox if writable
86 self.mail_con.select(mailbox[2])
87 logging.info("Processing mailbox %s", mailbox[2])
88 except self.mail_con.readonly:
89 logging.warning("Mailbox %s is not writable and therefore skipped", mailbox[2])
93 def fetch_messages(self):
94 """Fetches the messages from the current mailbox, return list of uids."""
97 # Work around unsolicited server responses in imaplib by clearing them
98 self.mail_con.response('SEARCH')
99 _result, data = self.mail_con.uid('search', None, "ALL")
100 except (self.mail_con.error):
101 raise UserWarning("Could not fetch messages")
102 mailid_list = data[0].split()
105 def set_seen_messages(self, mid_range):
106 """Sets the \\Seen flag for all messages with the respective mids."""
109 # Work around unsolicited server responses in imaplib by clearing them
110 self.mail_con.response('STORE')
111 _result, data = self.mail_con.uid('STORE', mid_range, '+FLAGS', "(\Seen)")
112 logging.info("New flags for messages %s are %s", mid_range, data)
113 except (self.mail_con.error) as ex:
114 raise UserWarning("Could not set the flags for some messages: %s", ex)
115 self.mail_con.expunge()