On Dec 20, 9:22 am, los117 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to fetch email from gmail, but what I am really interested > is the attachment. > I manage to access the gmail server and get the messege but the > attachment came as text: > > "------=_Part_5286_15861975.1197955173158 > Content-Type: audio/mpeg; name="Dire Straits - 12 - Calling Elvis.mp3" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > X-Attachment-Id: f_fabzd5l20 > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="Dire Straits - 12 - Calling Elvis.mp3" > > // > ugbAAP8AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..." > > how do i manage to get the file? I google for a while now, but I am a > bit lost of ideas. Sorry for the noobish and the english. thanks =D
the base64 string you started quoting is the attachment. from base64 import decodestring fout = open( filename_from_email, 'w' ).write( decodestring( string_you_parsed_from_the_email ) ) also look at the email module, there are some functions to get the payload of the email for you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
