#!/usr/local/bin/python
#
# This script is a helper to clean POP3 mailboxes
# containing malformed mails that hangs MUA's, that
# are too large, or whatever...
#
# It iterates over the non-retrieved mails, prints
# selected elements from the headers and prompt the
# user to delete bogus messages.
#
# Written by Xavier Defrang <xavier.defrang@brutele.be>
#
#
import getpass, poplib, re
# Change this to your needs
POPHOST = "pop.domain.com"
POPUSER = "jdoe"
POPPASS = ""
# How many lines of message body to retrieve
MAXLINES = 10
# Headers we're actually interrested in
rx_headers = re.compile(r"^(From|To|Subject)")
try:
# Connect to the POPer and identify user
pop = poplib.POP3(POPHOST)
pop.user(POPUSER)
if not POPPASS:
# If no password was supplied, ask for it
POPPASS = getpass.getpass("Password for %s@%s:" % (POPUSER, POPHOST))
# Authenticate user
pop.pass_(POPPASS)
# Get some general informations (msg_count, box_size)
stat = pop.stat()
# Print some useless information
print "Logged in as %s@%s" % (POPUSER, POPHOST)
print "Status: %d message(s), %d bytes" % stat
bye = 0
count_del = 0
for n in range(stat[0]):
msgnum = n+1
# Retrieve headers
response, lines, bytes = pop.top(msgnum, MAXLINES)
# Print message info and headers we're interrested in
print "Message %d (%d bytes)" % (msgnum, bytes)
print "-" * 30
print "\n".join(filter(rx_headers.match, lines))
print "-" * 30
# Input loop
while 1:
k = raw_input("(d=delete, s=skip, v=view, q=quit) What?")
if k in "dD":
# Mark message for deletion
k = raw_input("Delete message %d? (y/n)" % msgnum)
if k in "yY":
pop.dele(msgnum)
print "Message %d marked for deletion" % msgnum
count_del += 1
break
elif k in "sS":
print "Message %d left on server" % msgnum
break
elif k in "vV":
print "-" * 30
print "\n".join(lines)
print "-" * 30
elif k in "qQ":
bye = 1
break
# Time to say goodbye?
if bye:
print "Bye"
break
# Summary
print "Deleting %d message(s) in mailbox %s@%s" % (count_del, POPUSER, POPHOST)
# Commit operations and disconnect from server
print "Closing POP3 session"
pop.quit()
except poplib.error_proto, detail:
# Fancy error handling
print "POP3 Protocol Error:", detail
