Package mime

This module provides a "defang" function to replace naughty attachments. More...

Classes
class	MimeGenerator
	Fix multipart handling in email.Generator. More...
class	MimeMessage
	Enhance email.Message. More...
class	_defang
Functions
def	zipnames
	Return a list of filenames in a zip file.
def	unquote
def	_unquotevalue
def	message_from_file
def	check_ext
def	check_name
def	check_attachments
Variables
string	extlist = ''
tuple	bad_extensions = map(lambda x:'.' + x,extlist.split(','))
string	virus_msg
tuple	defang = _defang()
tuple	declname = re.compile(r'[a-zA-Z][-_.a-zA-Z0-9]*\s*')

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Detailed Description

This module provides a "defang" function to replace naughty attachments.

We also provide workarounds for bugs in the email module that comes with python. The "bugs" fixed mostly come up only with malformed messages - but that is what you have when dealing with spam.

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Function Documentation

def mime.check_attachments	(		msg,
			check
	)

Scan attachments.
msg	MimeMessage
check	function(MimeMessage): int
      Return CONTINUE, REJECT, ACCEPT

def mime.unquote

(

s

)

Remove quotes from a string.

def mime.zipnames

(

txt

)

Return a list of filenames in a zip file.

Embedded zip files are recursively expanded.

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Variable Documentation

string mime.virus_msg

Initial value:

"""This message appeared to contain a virus.
It was originally named '%s', and has been removed.
A copy of your original message was saved as '%s:%s'.
See your administrator.
"""