ProcImap.Utils.Processing

Module Processing

This module contains general functions for processing mail locally e.g. for filtering and classification.

Classes

AddressListFile
This class wraps around a file containing emailadresses.

ReplacementListFile
This class wraps around a file containing email address replacements.

Functions

pipe_message(message, command)
Pipe the message through a shell command: cat message | commmand > message message is assumed to be an instance of ImapMessage Returns modified message as instance of ImapMessage

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unknown_to_ascii(inputstring)
This takes a string or unicode string in unknown encoding, tries to guess the encoding and to replace Latin-1 characters with something equivalent in 7-bit ASCII.

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put_through_pager(displaystring, pager='less')
Put displaystring through the 'less' pager source code

references_from_header(header)
Extract the message ids from the "References" and "In-Reply-To" Headers.

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Function Details

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unknown_to_ascii(inputstring)

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This takes a string or unicode string in unknown encoding, tries to guess the encoding and to replace Latin-1 characters with something equivalent in 7-bit ASCII. Decoding an unknown string is based on heuristics. This function may return complete garbage. The function returns a plain ASCII string, making a best effort to convert Latin-1 characters into ASCII equivalents. It does not just strip out the Latin-1 characters. All characters in the standard 7-bit ASCII range are preserved. In the 8th bit range all the Latin-1 accented letters are converted to unaccented equivalents. Most symbol characters are converted to something meaningful. Anything not converted is deleted.

Adapted from http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/251871