mailsuite

A Python package for retrieving, parsing, and sending emails.

Features

• Simplified IMAP client
  • 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, Microsoft 365, Exchange, Dovecot, and DavMail
• Consistent email parsing
  • SHA256 hashes of attachments
  • Parsed Authentication-Results and DKIM-Signature headers
  • Parse Microsoft Outlook .msg files using msgconvert
• Simplified email creation and sending
  • Easily add attachments, plain text, and HTML
  • Uses opportunistic encryption (STARTTLS) with SMTP by default