On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Oleg Broytmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 03:37:53PM +0100, Nicholas Cole wrote: >> E = email.mime.multipart.MIMEMultipart() >> print E.as_string() >> >> Then E is given a "MIME-Version: 1.0" header, which I don't think it >> should have (the "parent" email message will have that header, of >> course). >> >> I have a feeling, therefore, that I am doing something wrong! Should >> I not be using the MIMEMultipart() calss for this purpose? And if not, >> what should I be using? > > MIMEMultipart is a class for the top-level part (the entire message). > For subparts use classes like MIMEText et al. Compare these 3 examples: >
> ----- 3 ----- > from email import MIMEMultipart, MIMEText > msg = MIMEMultipart.MIMEMultipart() > msg["Subject"] = "Multipart" > > part = MIMEText.MIMEText("This is a subpart", _charset="latin-1") > part["Subject"] = "Subpart" > > msg.attach(part) > print str(msg) > ----- /3 ----- > > Oleg. Dear Oleg, Thanks for the examples - things are looking clearer. However, in version 3, on my system the subpart is still given a MIME-Version header. Is this not incorrect? Also, according to the documentation "A MIME-Version: header will also be added" to the MIMEMultipart class, even though it actually seems to be added by the MIMEBase class, and therefore to all subclasses. Best wishes, Nicholas _______________________________________________ Email-SIG mailing list Email-SIG@python.org Your options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/email-sig/archive%40mail-archive.com