使用Python库在IMAP中移动邮件

Question

Moving a message to a different folder seems quite difficult in IMAP.

See IMAP: how to move a message from one folder to another

How can I do this in Python without coding too much?

I prefer to reuse :-)

Answer 1

The imaplib standard module is at your service.

Apart from the method in the linked question, you can use a nonstandard MOVE command with IMAP4._simple_command (see copy() implementation, its syntax is the same) after checking self.capabilities for "MOVE" presence.

Answer 2

The question which you linked to has an answer which explains what the features of the IMAP protocol are. Chances are that such a command is too fresh to be available via the Python's standard imaplib . If that is the case, your best bet is to send them a patch so that it is included in future releases. That's how it works -- if nobody bothers to add support for new commands, it won't get added.

The imaplib is a rather low-level package, so I do not expect that it will ever implement a nice way of moving messages around. My suggestion would be to either use another library which provides a higher-level view of IMAP ("hey server, how many messages are there in INBOX? Show me the MIME structure of the last one, please...").