Class Parser

Parser of RFC 2822 and MIME email messages.

Creates an in-memory object tree representing the email message, which can then be manipulated and turned over to a Generator to return the textual representation of the message.

The string must be formatted as a block of RFC 2822 headers and header continuation lines, optionally preceeded by a `Unix-from' header. The header block is terminated either by the end of the string or by a blank line.

_class is the class to instantiate for new message objects when they must be created. This class must have a constructor that can take zero arguments. Default is Message.Message.

Create a message structure from the data in a file.

Reads all the data from the file and returns the root of the message structure. Optional headersonly is a flag specifying whether to stop parsing after reading the headers or not. The default is False, meaning it parses the entire contents of the file.

Create a message structure from a string.

Returns the root of the message structure. Optional headersonly is a flag specifying whether to stop parsing after reading the headers or not. The default is False, meaning it parses the entire contents of the file.