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shole
shole

Reputation: 4094

How to get email content from eml file

I am using python 3.6 and the email module to extract the content of some .eml files (Lotus Notes Email Files).

Below is my code:

def parseEmail(emailFile):
    #emailFile is the path of the .eml file
    with open(emailFile, 'rb') as fp:
        policy500 = policy.default.clone(max_line_length=500)
        msg = BytesParser(policy=policy500).parse(fp)

    text = msg.get_body(preferencelist=('plain')).get_content()
    ...

However, for some eml files (not all!), the code wlil give error when executing the line msg.get_body().get_content() which gives 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_content'

Why is this happening and how to resolve it? Any suggestion is appreciated!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2430

Answers (1)

rahul gunda
rahul gunda

Reputation: 51

I also have faced the same issue while reading the email data from .eml file. I have solved this issue by re-downloading the .eml file from Outlook web application.

The first .eml file by which I was facing issue was downloaded from default application I got in my computer (MAIL).

Upvotes: 1

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