CkPython

Parsing a Multipart/Digest Email

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This example demonstrates how to parse a multipart/digest email. An email parsed by this sample could have a MIME structure as follows:

multipart/mixed
    text/plain
    text/plain
    multipart/digest
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
        message/rfc822
    text/plain

CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

emlPath = "qa_data/eml/multipart_digest.eml"

email = chilkat.CkEmail()

# For this example, we'll load the email from a .eml.
# The email could alternatively be loaded as a result of downloading from an IMAP or POP3 server..

success = email.LoadEml(emlPath)
if (success == False):
    print(email.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

numDigests = email.get_NumDigests()
print("num digests = " + str(numDigests))

eDigest = chilkat.CkEmail()
i = 0
while i < numDigests :
    email.GetDigestEmail(i,eDigest)
    print(str(i) + ":" + eDigest.fromAddress() + ", " + eDigest.subject())
    m = eDigest.getHeaderField("Message")
    if (eDigest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == True):
        print("    Message = " + m)

    i = i + 1