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Chilkat2-Python

Save Email Attachments to Filesystem

Saves email attachments to a directory.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

email = chilkat2.Email()

# Load an email object containing attachments.
# This .eml can be downloaded from:
# http://www.example-code.com/testData/HtmlEmail.eml

success = email.LoadEml("HtmlEmail.eml")
if (success != True):
    print(email.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# If OverwriteExisting is turned on, files with the same
# name are overwritten.  If turned off, new/unique filenames
# are automatically generated.  The filenames actually saved
# are accessible via the GetAttachmentFilename method.
email.OverwriteExisting = True

# Save all attachments to the "myAttachments" subdirectory
# found under the calling process's current working directory.
# This directory is automatically created if it does not already
# exist.
success = email.SaveAllAttachments("myAttachments")
if (success != True):
    print(email.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# List the attachment filenames:

for i in range(0,email.NumAttachments):
    print(email.GetAttachmentFilename(i))