cbackas / mailsuite

A Python package to make receiving, parsing, and sending email easier

mailsuite

A Python package to simplify receiving, parsing, and sending email

Features

• Receive emails via IMAP
  • Retrieve email from any folder
  • Create new folders
  • Move messages to other folders
  • Delete messages
  • Monitor folders for new messages using the IMAP IDLE command
  • Always use / as the folder hierarchy separator, and convert to the server's hierarchy separator in the background
  • Always remove folder name characters that conflict with the server's hierarchy separators
  • Prepend the namespace to the folder path when required
  • Automatically reconnect when needed
  • Work around quirks in Gmail/G-suite, Office 365, Exchange, Dovcot, and DavMail
• Consistent email parsing
  • SHA256 hashes of attachments
• Simplified email sending via SMTP
  • Uses opportunistic encryption (STARTTLS) by default
  • Easily add attachments, plain text, and HTML