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Subject: Re: [stdlib-sig] Can imaplib be improved?
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I'd posted this to stdlib-sig@python.org without realizing that that
list is mostly dead.

On Thu, Mar 24, 2016, at 22:33, Random832 wrote:
> I assume that everyone who has ever used imaplib is familiar with how
> painful its output format is to deal with. I am wondering if anyone else
> has any ideas on ways it can be extended in a backward-compatible way to
> provide options for better parsing, handling unilateral data from the
> server, processing data as it comes in, etc.

Anyone have any thoughts?