gistfile1.py

def _process_body(pl):
	"""find the final payload (body) of an email"""
	if type(pl)==StringType:
		return pl.replace('\r\n>',' ').replace('\r\n',' ').replace('\n\n',' ')
	elif type(pl)==list:
		return _process_body(pl[0])
	elif type(pl)==InstanceType:
		return _process_body(pl._payload)
	else:
		print type(pl)

def _decode_body(subject,body):
	"""decode body if in base64"""
	try:		
		if re.search("(ISO-\d+-\d)", subject):
			iso = re.search("(ISO-\d+-\d)", subject).group(0)
			body = base64.b64decode(body).decode(iso)
			body = text.replace('\r\n>',' ').replace('\r\n',' ').replace('\n\n',' ')			
		return body.encode('utf-8') if type(body)==unicode else body
	except:
		return body.encode('utf-8') if type(body)==unicode else body