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11.9.2 POP3 Example
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Here is a minimal example (without error checking) that opens a
mailbox and retrieves and prints all messages:
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import getpass, poplib
M = poplib.POP3('localhost')
M.user(getpass.getuser())
M.pass_(getpass.getpass())
numMessages = len(M.list()[1])
for i in range(numMessages):
for j in M.retr(i+1)[1]:
print j
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At the end of the module, there is a test section that contains a more
extensive example of usage.
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