Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python?

From	Anthony Papillion <anthony@cajuntechie.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python?
Date	2015-12-08 12:21 -0600
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Hello Everyone,

I have a TON of email (years) stored in my Thunderbird. My backup
strategy for the last few years has been to periodically dump it all
in a tar file, encrypt that tar file, and move it up to the cloud.
That way, if my machine ever crashes, I don't lose years of email.

But I've been thinking about bringing Python into the mix to build a
bridge between Thunderbird and SQLite or MySQL (probably sqlite) where
all mail would be backed up to a database where I could run analytics
against it and search it more effectively.

I'm looking for a way to get at the mail stored in Thunderbird using
Python and, so far, I can't find anything. I did find the mozmail
package but it seems to be geared more towards testing and not really
the kind of use I need.

Can anyone suggest anything?

Many Thanks,
Anthony Papillion

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Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python? Anthony Papillion <anthony@cajuntechie.org> - 2015-12-08 12:21 -0600
  Re: Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-12-08 19:42 +0100
    Re: Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-12-08 20:31 +0000
    META email [was Re: Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python?] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-09 18:43 +1100
  Re: Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python? Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2015-12-09 09:03 +0100
    Re: Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-09 22:11 +1100
      Re: Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python? srinivas devaki <mr.eightnoteight@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 19:36 +0530
      Re: Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-12-10 01:15 +1100
      Re: Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-09 17:25 +0000
      Re: Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 23:23 -0700
        Re: Getting data out of Mozilla Thunderbird with Python? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-12-10 14:26 +0100

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