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  1. @robulouski robulouski revised this gist Nov 13, 2013. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 4 deletions.
    6 changes: 2 additions & 4 deletions gmail_imap_dump_eml.py
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    import sys
    import imaplib
    import getpass
    import email
    import email.header
    import datetime

    IMAP_SERVER = 'imap.gmail.com'
    EMAIL_ACCOUNT = "notatallawhistleblowerIswear@gmail.com"
    EMAIL_FOLDER = "Top Secret/PRISM Documents"
    OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = 'C:/src/tmp'
    @@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ def process_mailbox(M):
    f.close()

    def main():
    M = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com')
    M = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(IMAP_SERVER)
    M.login(EMAIL_ACCOUNT, PASSWORD)
    rv, data = M.select(EMAIL_FOLDER)
    if rv == 'OK':
  2. @robulouski robulouski created this gist Nov 13, 2013.
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    #!/usr/bin/env python
    #
    # Very simple Python script to dump all emails in an IMAP folder to files.
    # This code is released into the public domain.
    #
    # RKI Nov 2013
    #
    import sys
    import imaplib
    import getpass
    import email
    import email.header
    import datetime

    EMAIL_ACCOUNT = "notatallawhistleblowerIswear@gmail.com"
    EMAIL_FOLDER = "Top Secret/PRISM Documents"
    OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = 'C:/src/tmp'

    PASSWORD = getpass.getpass()


    def process_mailbox(M):
    """
    Dump all emails in the folder to files in output directory.
    """

    rv, data = M.search(None, "ALL")
    if rv != 'OK':
    print "No messages found!"
    return

    for num in data[0].split():
    rv, data = M.fetch(num, '(RFC822)')
    if rv != 'OK':
    print "ERROR getting message", num
    return
    print "Writing message ", num
    f = open('%s/%s.eml' %(OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, num), 'wb')
    f.write(data[0][1])
    f.close()

    def main():
    M = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com')
    M.login(EMAIL_ACCOUNT, PASSWORD)
    rv, data = M.select(EMAIL_FOLDER)
    if rv == 'OK':
    print "Processing mailbox: ", EMAIL_FOLDER
    process_mailbox(M)
    M.close()
    else:
    print "ERROR: Unable to open mailbox ", rv
    M.logout()

    if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()