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18.5. mhlib — Access to MH mailboxes
Deprecated since version 2.6: The mhlib module has been removed in Python 3. Use the
mailbox instead.
The mhlib module provides a Python interface to MH folders and their
contents.
The module contains three basic classes, MH, which represents a
particular collection of folders, Folder, which represents a single
folder, and Message, which represents a single message.
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class
mhlib.MH([path[, profile]]) MHrepresents a collection of MH folders.
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class
mhlib.Folder(mh, name) The
Folderclass represents a single folder and its messages.
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class
mhlib.Message(folder, number[, name]) Messageobjects represent individual messages in a folder. The Message class is derived frommimetools.Message.
18.5.1. MH Objects
MH instances have the following methods:
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MH.error(format[, ...]) Print an error message – can be overridden.
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MH.getprofile(key) Return a profile entry (
Noneif not set).
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MH.getpath() Return the mailbox pathname.
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MH.getcontext() Return the current folder name.
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MH.setcontext(name) Set the current folder name.
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MH.listfolders() Return a list of top-level folders.
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MH.listallfolders() Return a list of all folders.
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MH.listsubfolders(name) Return a list of direct subfolders of the given folder.
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MH.listallsubfolders(name) Return a list of all subfolders of the given folder.
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MH.makefolder(name) Create a new folder.
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MH.deletefolder(name) Delete a folder – must have no subfolders.
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MH.openfolder(name) Return a new open folder object.
18.5.2. Folder Objects
Folder instances represent open folders and have the following methods:
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Folder.error(format[, ...]) Print an error message – can be overridden.
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Folder.getfullname() Return the folder’s full pathname.
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Folder.getsequencesfilename() Return the full pathname of the folder’s sequences file.
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Folder.getmessagefilename(n) Return the full pathname of message n of the folder.
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Folder.listmessages() Return a list of messages in the folder (as numbers).
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Folder.getcurrent() Return the current message number.
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Folder.setcurrent(n) Set the current message number to n.
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Folder.parsesequence(seq) Parse msgs syntax into list of messages.
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Folder.getlast() Get last message, or
0if no messages are in the folder.
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Folder.setlast(n) Set last message (internal use only).
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Folder.getsequences() Return dictionary of sequences in folder. The sequence names are used as keys, and the values are the lists of message numbers in the sequences.
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Folder.putsequences(dict) Return dictionary of sequences in folder name: list.
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Folder.removemessages(list) Remove messages in list from folder.
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Folder.refilemessages(list, tofolder) Move messages in list to other folder.
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Folder.movemessage(n, tofolder, ton) Move one message to a given destination in another folder.
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Folder.copymessage(n, tofolder, ton) Copy one message to a given destination in another folder.
18.5.3. Message Objects
The Message class adds one method to those of
mimetools.Message:
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Message.openmessage(n) Return a new open message object (costs a file descriptor).