the 'hello, world' of email processing

email_hello_world.py

#!/usr/bin/env python2.7

# the 'hello, world' of email processing
# open an mbox data file and print the email body
# example mbox files => http://pig.apache.org/mail/user/
# mbox => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox


import mailbox

box = mailbox.mbox(path='/tmp/200710')
for key,msg in box.items():
    email = ''

    if (msg.is_multipart()):
        for part in msg.walk():
            if 'text/plain' == msg.get_content_type():
                email = part.get_payload(decode=True)
    else:
        email = msg.get_payload(decode=True)
        
    print('%s\n\n' % email)