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Exercise (Python email)
exercises should be done in ~/netsp/ directory
Tokio Kikuchi
Python Email Package
Application interface for composing/parsing MIME
email
message
Improved through develepment of
Mailman
mailing list management system
You may find my name in the test suite for this package, though it is not written by myself.
Compose Simple English Message
ex01.py
Use MIMEText class to create a message instance
Headers are added by dictionary-like substitution
Utils help constructing Date header
print it with as_string() function
Send the Message
ex02.py
Use
smtplib
for connecting to our server
Note that recipt should be a list or tuple to include multiple recipients
Compose Quoted-Printable French Message
ex03.py
Text and Subject are given in unicode string
You must expicitly designate character set
MIME header is composed with Header class and properly output by msg.as_string()
Compose Message with Image Attachment
ex04.py
wxhome.jpg
for attachment
Multipart/mixed message is created by MIMEMultipart class
Image part is made by MIMEImage class
msg.attach() attaches text and image parts
Parse MIME Message
ex05.py
sample.msg
for test parsing
Use message_from_file or message_from_string to obtain parsed message object
Further parsing is needed for MIME header
Multipart parts are obtained by walk() iterator
Additional Exercise
/tmp directory can be used by any user for storing temporary files
Use appropreate file name and extension to store the image in
sample.msg
Use os.system("open filename") to invoke Preview.app and display the imge
Further Additional Exercise
Create a
CGI
aplication to prompt for text input and send the message by mail to yourself.
Use
<textarea> tag
for input of multiline text for message content
Report
Write a
mail report to Kikuchi (in Japanese)