mime Namespace Reference

This module provides a "defang" function to replace naughty attachments. More...

Classes
class	_defang
class	HTMLScriptFilter
class	MimeGenerator
	Fix multipart handling in email.Generator. More...
class	MimeMessage
	Enhance email.message.Message. More...
class	SGMLFilter

Functions
def	zipnames (txt)
	Return a list of filenames in a zip file. More...
def	unquote (s)
def	_unquotevalue (value)
def	message_from_file (fp)
def	check_ext (name)
def	check_name (msg, savname=None, ckname=check_ext, scan_zip=False)
def	check_attachments (msg, check, lev=None)
def	check_html (msg, savname=None)
def	_list_attach (msg)

Variables
	BytesIO = StringIO
	as_bytes
string	extlist = ''.join(.split())
list	bad_extensions = ['.' + x for x in extlist.split(',')]
string	virus_msg
	defang = _defang()
	declname = re.compile(r'[a-zA-Z][-_.a-zA-Z0-9]*\s*')
	declstringlit = re.compile(r'(\'[^\']*\'|"[^"]*")\s*')
def	msg = message_from_file(fp)

Detailed Description

This module provides a "defang" function to replace naughty attachments.

We also provide workarounds for bugs in the email module that comes with python. The "bugs" fixed mostly come up only with malformed messages - but that is what you have when dealing with spam.

Function Documentation

check_attachments()

def mime.check_attachments	(		msg,
			check,
			lev = None
	)

Scan attachments.
msg     MimeMessage
check   function(MimeMessage): int
        Return CONTINUE, REJECT, ACCEPT

Referenced by mime._defang.__call__().

unquote()

def mime.unquote

(

s

)

Remove quotes from a string.

zipnames()

def mime.zipnames

(

txt

)

Return a list of filenames in a zip file.

Embedded zip files are recursively expanded.

Referenced by mime.MimeMessage.getnames().

Variable Documentation

virus_msg

string mime.virus_msg

Initial value:

=  """This message appeared to contain a virus.
It was originally named '%s', and has been removed.
A copy of your original message was saved as '%s:%s'.
See your administrator.
"""