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November 6, 2014 14:57
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Convert a mailbox file into CSV
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# assumes your file is called mbox (which it is if you export from Mac Mail) | |
# writes to a file called mbox.csv | |
import mailbox | |
import csv | |
# motherfucking recursion, because email is damn weird. | |
# each payload can contain many other payloads, which can contain many *other* payloads | |
# this only exports the text/plain payload, the thing you read | |
def more_payloads(message): | |
body = "" | |
if message.is_multipart(): | |
for payload in message.get_payload(): | |
body += more_payloads(payload) | |
else: | |
if message.get_content_type() == 'text/plain': | |
body = message.get_payload(decode=True) | |
return body | |
with open("mbox.csv", "w") as outfile: | |
writer = csv.writer(outfile) | |
for message in mailbox.mbox('mbox'): | |
body = more_payloads(message) | |
writer.writerow([message['subject'], message['from'], message['date'], body]) |
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