A simple script to send MIME message via SMTP server and retrieve messages via POP3

Installation

pip install SMTPEmail

Install using Git

git clone https://github.com/Weizhang2017/SMTPEmail.git
cd SMTPEmail
python install setup.py

Usage

Sending email via SMTP

from SMTPEmail import SMTP
client = SMTP(
	SMTP_server=<domain> or <IP_address>,
	SMTP_account=<account_name>,
	SMTP_password=<SMTP_password>
	)
client.create_mime(
	recipient_email_addr='Jane.Doe@jane.com',
	sender_email_addr='John.Doe@john.com',
	subject='subject',
	sender_display_name='John Doe',
	recipient_display_name='Jane Doe',
	content_html='<p>hello world</p>',
	content_text='hello world'
)
   
client.send_msg()

Add customized email header

custom_header = {'Sender': 'john@abc.com'}
client.create_mime(
	recipient_email_addr='Jane.Doe@jane.com',
	sender_email_addr='John.Doe@john.com',
	subject='subject',
	sender_display_name='John Doe',
	recipient_display_name='Jane Doe',
	content_html='<p>hello world</p>',
	content_text='hello world',
	custom_header=custom_header
)

Retrieve email via POP3

messages will be returned in byte object

from SMTPEmail import POP3
client = POP3(
	POP3_server = <domain> or <IP_address>,
	POP3_account = <account_name>,
	POP3_password = <POP3_password>
)
msgs = client.retrieve_msg()

for msg in msgs:
	print(msg)

>>>print(client.mailbox_size())
{'message count': 804, 'mailbox size': 18096539}

Retrieve email via IMAP

from SMTPEmail import IMAP
client = IMAP(
	IMAP_server = <domain> or <IP_address>,
	IMAP_account = <account_name>,
	IMAP_password = <IMAP_password>
)
#you can select which mailbox to access and which email to retrieve by passing parameters 'mailbox_name' and 'msg_id'
for msg in client.retrieve_msg(mailbox_name='inbox', msg_id='1,3,5-8,11'):
    print(msg)
#'mailbox_name' and 'msg_id' are optional, the user will be promted to input the two parameters if either is missing
>>>msgs = client.retrieve_msg()
0. "INBOX"
1. "Templates"
...
Please select a mailbox:1
message id: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...
Please select mail ID to retrieve email(e.g. 1-5,6,7): 1,3-6

Additonal features:

1. Specify variable delete=True to delete the messages that have been retrieved, default value is False
2. Specify variable msg_id='all' to retrieve all messages

Search emails via IMAP

Refer to RFC3501 for more search options

>>>for msg in client.retrieve_msg(mailbox_name='inbox', search_section='body', search_text='test_search'):
		print(msg)