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From: tinnews@isbd.co.uk
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Subject: Re: Question about email.message_from_string() and Message objects
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:38:24 +0000
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tinnews@isbd.co.uk wrote:
> I'm a little confused about the relationship between the Python
> email.parser convenience function email.message_from_string() and the
> mailbox.Message objects.
> 
> If I want an mailbox.mboxMessage given the message as a stream of text
> is the right way to do it as follows (or at least a reasonable way to
> do it):-
> 
>     msg = email.message_from_string(messageAsAString)
> 
>     mbxMsg = mailbox.mboxMessage(msg)
> 
> Or can I go direct to mbox by doing:-
> 
>     mbxMsg = mailbox.mboxMessage(messageAsAString)
> 
Answered myself by just trying it, the simple, straightforward 

    mbxMsg = mailbox.mboxMessage(messageAsAString)

works perfectly.

-- 
Chris Green