"""A POP3 client class. Based on the J. Myers POP3 draft, Jan. 96 Author: David Ascher [heavily stealing from nntplib.py] Updated: Piers Lauder [Jul '97] """ # Example (see the test function at the end of this file) TESTSERVER = "localhost" TESTACCOUNT = "test" TESTPASSWORD = "_passwd_" # Imports import regex, socket, string # Exception raised when an error or invalid response is received: class error_proto(Exception): pass # Standard Port POP3_PORT = 110 # Line terminators (we always output CRLF, but accept any of CRLF, LFCR, LF) CR = '\r' LF = '\n' CRLF = CR+LF class POP3: """This class supports both the minimal and optional command sets. Arguments can be strings or integers (where appropriate) (e.g.: retr(1) and retr('1') both work equally well. Minimal Command Set: USER name user(name) PASS string pass_(string) STAT stat() LIST [msg] list(msg = None) RETR msg retr(msg) DELE msg dele(msg) NOOP noop() RSET rset() QUIT quit() Optional Commands (some servers support these): RPOP name rpop(name) APOP name digest apop(name, digest) TOP msg n top(msg, n) UIDL [msg] uidl(msg = None) Raises one exception: 'error_proto'. Instantiate with: POP3(hostname, port=110) NB: the POP protocol locks the mailbox from user authorisation until QUIT, so be sure to get in, suck the messages, and quit, each time you access the mailbox. POP is a line-based protocol, which means large mail messages consume lots of python cycles reading them line-by-line. If it's available on your mail server, use IMAP4 instead, it doesn't suffer from the two problems above. """ def __init__(self, host, port = POP3_PORT): self.host = host self.port = port self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) self.sock.connect(self.host, self.port) self.file = self.sock.makefile('rb') self._debugging = 0 self.welcome = self._getresp() def _putline(self, line): #if self._debugging > 1: print '*put*', `line` self.sock.send('%s%s' % (line, CRLF)) # Internal: send one command to the server (through _putline()) def _putcmd(self, line): #if self._debugging: print '*cmd*', `line` self._putline(line) # Internal: return one line from the server, stripping CRLF. # This is where all the CPU time of this module is consumed. # Raise error_proto('-ERR EOF') if the connection is closed. def _getline(self): line = self.file.readline() #if self._debugging > 1: print '*get*', `line` if not line: raise error_proto('-ERR EOF') octets = len(line) # server can send any combination of CR & LF # however, 'readline()' returns lines ending in LF # so only possibilities are ...LF, ...CRLF, CR...LF if line[-2:] == CRLF: return line[:-2], octets if line[0] == CR: return line[1:-1], octets return line[:-1], octets # Internal: get a response from the server. # Raise 'error_proto' if the response doesn't start with '+'. def _getresp(self): resp, o = self._getline() #if self._debugging > 1: print '*resp*', `resp` c = resp[:1] if c != '+': raise error_proto(resp) return resp # Internal: get a response plus following text from the server. def _getlongresp(self): resp = self._getresp() list = []; octets = 0 line, o = self._getline() while line != '.': octets = octets + o list.append(line) line, o = self._getline() return resp, list, octets # Internal: send a command and get the response def _shortcmd(self, line): self._putcmd(line) return self._getresp() # Internal: send a command and get the response plus following text def _longcmd(self, line): self._putcmd(line) return self._getlongresp() # These can be useful: def getwelcome(self): return self.welcome def set_debuglevel(self, level): self._debugging = level # Here are all the POP commands: def user(self, user): """Send user name, return response (should indicate password required). """ return self._shortcmd('USER %s' % user) def pass_(self, pswd): """Send password, return response (response includes message count, mailbox size). NB: mailbox is locked by server from here to 'quit()' """ return self._shortcmd('PASS %s' % pswd) def stat(self): """Get mailbox status. Result is tuple of 2 ints (message count, mailbox size) """ retval = self._shortcmd('STAT') rets = string.split(retval) #if self._debugging: print '*stat*', `rets` numMessages = string.atoi(rets[1]) sizeMessages = string.atoi(rets[2]) return (numMessages, sizeMessages) def list(self, which=None): """Request listing, return result. Result without a message number argument is in form ['response', ['mesg_num octets', ...]]. Result when a message number argument is given is a single response: the "scan listing" for that message. """ if which: return self._shortcmd('LIST %s' % which) return self._longcmd('LIST') def retr(self, which): """Retrieve whole message number 'which'. Result is in form ['response', ['line', ...], octets]. """ return self._longcmd('RETR %s' % which) def dele(self, which): """Delete message number 'which'. Result is 'response'. """ return self._shortcmd('DELE %s' % which) def noop(self): """Does nothing. One supposes the response indicates the server is alive. """ return self._shortcmd('NOOP') def rset(self): """Not sure what this does.""" return self._shortcmd('RSET') def quit(self): """Signoff: commit changes on server, unlock mailbox, close connection.""" try: resp = self._shortcmd('QUIT') except error_proto, val: resp = val self.file.close() self.sock.close() del self.file, self.sock return resp #__del__ = quit # optional commands: def rpop(self, user): """Not sure what this does.""" return self._shortcmd('RPOP %s' % user) timestamp = regex.compile('\+OK.*\(<[^>]+>\)') def apop(self, user, secret): """Authorisation - only possible if server has supplied a timestamp in initial greeting. Args: user - mailbox user; secret - secret shared between client and server. NB: mailbox is locked by server from here to 'quit()' """ if self.timestamp.match(self.welcome) <= 0: raise error_proto('-ERR APOP not supported by server') import md5 digest = md5.new(self.timestamp.group(1)+secret).digest() digest = string.join(map(lambda x:'%02x'%ord(x), digest), '') return self._shortcmd('APOP %s %s' % (user, digest)) def top(self, which, howmuch): """Retrieve message header of message number 'which' and first 'howmuch' lines of message body. Result is in form ['response', ['line', ...], octets]. """ return self._longcmd('TOP %s %s' % (which, howmuch)) def uidl(self, which=None): """Return message digest (unique id) list. If 'which', result contains unique id for that message, otherwise result is list ['response', ['mesgnum uid', ...], octets] """ if which: return self._shortcmd('UIDL %s' % which) return self._longcmd('UIDL') if __name__ == "__main__": a = POP3(TESTSERVER) print a.getwelcome() a.user(TESTACCOUNT) a.pass_(TESTPASSWORD) a.list() (numMsgs, totalSize) = a.stat() for i in range(1, numMsgs + 1): (header, msg, octets) = a.retr(i) print "Message ", `i`, ':' for line in msg: print ' ' + line print '-----------------------' a.quit()