import os, sys, getpass
import poplib # http://docs.python.org/library/poplib.html
from email.utils import parsedate_tz
import calendar
import datetime
# The main parameter
last_wanted = datetime.datetime(2009, 10, 5)
print last_wanted
# Your pop parameter
M = poplib.POP3('your pop server host')
M.user(getpass.getuser())
M.pass_(os.getenv('PASS'))
messages_ids = [ int(m.split()[0]) for m in M.list()[1]]
messages_ids.reverse()
print 'messages_cnt', len(messages_ids)
def get_last_message_id(messages_ids, M, last_wanted):
for i in messages_ids:
try:
message_lines = M.top( str(i), '0')[1]
except poplib.error_proto:
print 'Problem in pop top call...'
continue
for line in message_lines:
if line.startswith('Date:'):
date_hdr = line.partition('Date: ')[2]
# print date_hdr
try:
(y, month, d, \
h, min, sec, \
_, _, _, tzoffset) = parsedate_tz(date_hdr)
except (TypeError): continue
except (ValueError): continue
# Python range builtin ?
if month < 0 or month > 12: continue
max_day_per_month = max(calendar.monthcalendar(y, month)[-1])
if d <= 0 or d > max_day_per_month: continue
if h < 0 or h > 23: continue
if min < 0 or min > 59: continue
date = datetime.datetime(y, month, d, h, min, sec)
print date
if date < last_wanted:
return i
last_id = get_last_message_id(messages_ids, M, last_wanted)
messages_to_delete = [i for i in messages_ids if i < last_id]
print 'to delete', len(messages_to_delete)
for i in messages_to_delete:
M.dele( str(i) )
M.quit()
