twisted.mail.imap4.IMAP4Client : API documentation

Implements interfaces: twisted.mail.interfaces.IMailboxIMAPListener

IMAP4 client protocol implementation

Instance Variable	state	A string representing the state the connection is currently in.
Method	__init__	Undocumented
Method	registerAuthenticator	Register a new form of authentication
Method	rawDataReceived	Override this for when raw data is received.
Method	connectionMade	Called when a connection is made.
Method	connectionLost	We are no longer connected
Method	lineReceived	Attempt to parse a single line from the server.
Method	timeoutConnection	Called when the connection times out.
Method	messageFile	Create a file to which an incoming message may be written.
Method	makeTag	Undocumented
Method	dispatchCommand	Undocumented
Method	response_UNAUTH	Undocumented
Method	response_AUTH	Undocumented
Method	sendCommand	Undocumented
Method	getCapabilities	Request the capabilities available on this server.
Method	logout	Inform the server that we are done with the connection.
Method	noop	Perform no operation.
Method	startTLS	Initiates a 'STARTTLS' request and negotiates the TLS / SSL Handshake.
Method	authenticate	Attempt to enter the authenticated state with the server
Method	login	Authenticate with the server using a username and password
Method	serverGreeting	Called when the server has sent us a greeting.
Method	namespace	Retrieve information about the namespaces available to this account
Method	select	Select a mailbox
Method	examine	Select a mailbox in read-only mode
Method	create	Create a new mailbox on the server
Method	delete	Delete a mailbox
Method	rename	Rename a mailbox
Method	subscribe	Add a mailbox to the subscription list
Method	unsubscribe	Remove a mailbox from the subscription list
Method	list	List a subset of the available mailboxes
Method	lsub	List a subset of the subscribed available mailboxes
Method	status	Retrieve the status of the given mailbox
Method	append	Add the given message to the given mailbox.
Method	check	Tell the server to perform a checkpoint
Method	close	Return the connection to the Authenticated state.
Method	expunge	Return the connection to the Authenticate state.
Method	search	Search messages in the currently selected mailbox
Method	fetchUID	Retrieve the unique identifier for one or more messages
Method	fetchFlags	Retrieve the flags for one or more messages
Method	fetchInternalDate	Retrieve the internal date associated with one or more messages
Method	fetchEnvelope	Retrieve the envelope data for one or more messages
Method	fetchBodyStructure	Retrieve the structure of the body of one or more messages
Method	fetchSimplifiedBody	Retrieve the simplified body structure of one or more messages
Method	fetchMessage	Retrieve one or more entire messages
Method	fetchHeaders	Retrieve headers of one or more messages
Method	fetchBody	Retrieve body text of one or more messages
Method	fetchSize	Retrieve the size, in octets, of one or more messages
Method	fetchFull	Retrieve several different fields of one or more messages
Method	fetchAll	Retrieve several different fields of one or more messages
Method	fetchFast	Retrieve several different fields of one or more messages
Method	fetchSpecific	Retrieve a specific section of one or more messages
Method	setFlags	Set the flags for one or more messages.
Method	addFlags	Add to the set flags for one or more messages.
Method	removeFlags	Remove from the set flags for one or more messages.
Method	copy	Copy the specified messages to the specified mailbox.
Method	modeChanged	Override me
Method	flagsChanged	Override me
Method	newMessages	Override me
Method	_setupForLiteral	Undocumented
Method	_regularDispatch	Undocumented
Method	_defaultHandler	Undocumented
Method	_flushQueue	Undocumented
Method	_extraInfo	Undocumented
Method	__cbCapabilities	Undocumented
Method	__cbLogout	Undocumented
Method	__cbNoop	Undocumented
Method	__cbAuthenticate	Undocumented
Method	__cbContinueAuth	Undocumented
Method	__cbAuthTLS	Undocumented
Method	_getContextFactory	Undocumented
Method	__cbLoginCaps	Undocumented
Method	_startedTLS	Undocumented
Method	__cbLoginTLS	Undocumented
Method	__ebLoginTLS	Undocumented
Method	__cbNamespace	Undocumented
Method	_intOrRaise	Parse `value` as an integer and return the result or raise `IllegalServerResponse` with `phrase` as an argument if `value` cannot be parsed as an integer.
Method	__cbSelect	Handle lines received in response to a SELECT or EXAMINE command.
Method	__cbList	Undocumented
Method	__cbStatus	Undocumented
Method	__cbContinueAppend	Undocumented
Method	__cbFinishAppend	Undocumented
Method	__cbExpunge	Undocumented
Method	__cbSearch	Undocumented
Method	_parseFetchPairs	Given the result of parsing a single FETCH response, construct a `dict` mapping response keys to response values.
Method	_cbFetch	Undocumented
Method	_fetch	Undocumented
Method	_store	Undocumented

Inherited from LineReceiver:

Class Variable	delimiter	The line-ending delimiter to use. By default this is `b'\r\n'`.
Class Variable	MAX_LENGTH	The maximum length of a line to allow (If a sent line is longer than this, the connection is dropped). Default is 16384.
Method	clearLineBuffer	Clear buffered data.
Method	dataReceived	Protocol.dataReceived. Translates bytes into lines, and calls lineReceived (or rawDataReceived, depending on mode.)
Method	setLineMode	Sets the line-mode of this receiver.
Method	setRawMode	Sets the raw mode of this receiver. Further data received will be sent to rawDataReceived rather than lineReceived.
Method	sendLine	Sends a line to the other end of the connection.
Method	lineLengthExceeded	Called when the maximum line length has been reached. Override if it needs to be dealt with in some special way.

Inherited from Protocol (via LineReceiver):

Method

logPrefix

Return a prefix matching the class name, to identify log messages related to this protocol instance.

Inherited from BaseProtocol (via LineReceiver, Protocol):

Method

makeConnection

Make a connection to a transport and a server.

Inherited from _PauseableMixin (via LineReceiver):

Method	pauseProducing	Undocumented
Method	resumeProducing	Undocumented
Method	stopProducing	Undocumented

Inherited from TimeoutMixin:

Class Variable	timeOut	The number of seconds after which to timeout the connection.
Method	callLater	Wrapper around `reactor.callLater` for test purpose.
Method	resetTimeout	Reset the timeout count down.
Method	setTimeout	Change the timeout period
Method	__timedOut	Undocumented

state =

A string representing the state the connection is currently in.

def __init__(self, contextFactory=None): (source)

Undocumented

def registerAuthenticator(self, auth): (source)

When invoking the authenticate() method of IMAP4Client, the first matching authentication scheme found will be used. The ordering is that in which the server lists support authentication schemes.

Parameters auth The object to use to perform the client side of this authentication scheme. (type: Implementor of IClientAuthentication)

def rawDataReceived(self, data): (source)

overrides twisted.protocols.basic.LineReceiver.rawDataReceived

Override this for when raw data is received.

def _setupForLiteral(self, rest, octets): (source)

Undocumented

def connectionMade(self): (source)

from twisted.internet.interfaces.IProtocol

overrides twisted.internet.protocol.BaseProtocol.connectionMade

Called when a connection is made.

This may be considered the initializer of the protocol, because it is called when the connection is completed. For clients, this is called once the connection to the server has been established; for servers, this is called after an accept() call stops blocking and a socket has been received. If you need to send any greeting or initial message, do it here.

def connectionLost(self, reason): (source)

from twisted.internet.interfaces.IProtocol

overrides twisted.internet.protocol.Protocol.connectionLost

We are no longer connected

def lineReceived(self, line): (source)

overrides twisted.protocols.basic.LineReceiver.lineReceived

Attempt to parse a single line from the server.

Parameters	line	The line from the server, without the line delimiter. (type: `bytes`)
Raises	IllegalServerResponse	If the line or some part of the line does not represent an allowed message from the server at this time.

def timeoutConnection(self): (source)

overrides twisted.protocols.policies.TimeoutMixin.timeoutConnection

Called when the connection times out.

Override to define behavior other than dropping the connection.

def _regularDispatch(self, line): (source)

Undocumented

def messageFile(self, octets): (source)

Create a file to which an incoming message may be written.

Parameters	octets	The number of octets which will be written to the file (type: `int`)
Returns	A file-like object (type: Any object which implements `write(string)` and `seek(int, int)`)

def makeTag(self): (source)

Undocumented

def dispatchCommand(self, tag, rest): (source)

Undocumented

def response_UNAUTH(self, tag, rest): (source)

Undocumented

def response_AUTH(self, tag, rest): (source)

Undocumented

def _defaultHandler(self, tag, rest): (source)

Undocumented

def _flushQueue(self): (source)

Undocumented

def _extraInfo(self, lines): (source)

Undocumented

def sendCommand(self, cmd): (source)

Undocumented

def getCapabilities(self, useCache=1): (source)

Request the capabilities available on this server.

This command is allowed in any state of connection.

Parameters	useCache	Specify whether to use the capability-cache or to re-retrieve the capabilities from the server. Server capabilities should never change, so for normal use, this flag should never be false. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback will be invoked with a dictionary mapping capability types to lists of supported mechanisms, or to None if a support list is not applicable. (type: `Deferred`)

def __cbCapabilities(self, result): (source)

Undocumented

def logout(self): (source)

Inform the server that we are done with the connection.

This command is allowed in any state of connection.

Returns A deferred whose callback will be invoked with None when the proper server acknowledgement has been received. (type: Deferred)

def __cbLogout(self, result): (source)

Undocumented

def noop(self): (source)

Perform no operation.

This command is allowed in any state of connection.

Returns A deferred whose callback will be invoked with a list of untagged status updates the server responds with. (type: Deferred)

def __cbNoop(self, result): (source)

Undocumented

def startTLS(self, contextFactory=None): (source)

Initiates a 'STARTTLS' request and negotiates the TLS / SSL Handshake.

Parameters	contextFactory	The TLS / SSL Context Factory to leverage. If the contextFactory is None the IMAP4Client will either use the current TLS / SSL Context Factory or attempt to create a new one. (type: `ssl.ClientContextFactory`)
Returns	A Deferred which fires when the transport has been secured according to the given contextFactory, or which fails if the transport cannot be secured.

def authenticate(self, secret): (source)

Attempt to enter the authenticated state with the server

This command is allowed in the Non-Authenticated state.

Returns A deferred whose callback is invoked if the authentication succeeds and whose errback will be invoked otherwise. (type: Deferred)

def __cbAuthenticate(self, caps, secret): (source)

Undocumented

def __cbContinueAuth(self, rest, scheme, secret): (source)

Undocumented

def __cbAuthTLS(self, caps, secret): (source)

Undocumented

def login(self, username, password): (source)

Authenticate with the server using a username and password

This command is allowed in the Non-Authenticated state. If the server supports the STARTTLS capability and our transport supports TLS, TLS is negotiated before the login command is issued.

A more secure way to log in is to use startTLS or authenticate or both.

Parameters	username	The username to log in with (type: `str`)
	password	The password to log in with (type: `str`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked if login is successful and whose errback is invoked otherwise. (type: `Deferred`)

def serverGreeting(self, caps): (source)

Called when the server has sent us a greeting.

Parameters caps Capabilities the server advertised in its greeting. (type: dict)

def _getContextFactory(self): (source)

Undocumented

def __cbLoginCaps(self, capabilities, username, password): (source)

Undocumented

def _startedTLS(self, result, context): (source)

Undocumented

def __cbLoginTLS(self, result, username, password): (source)

Undocumented

def __ebLoginTLS(self, failure): (source)

Undocumented

def namespace(self): (source)

Retrieve information about the namespaces available to this account

This command is allowed in the Authenticated and Selected states.

Returns

A deferred whose callback is invoked with namespace information. An example of this information is:

   [[['', '/']], [], []]

which indicates a single personal namespace called '' with '/' as its hierarchical delimiter, and no shared or user namespaces.

(type: Deferred)

def __cbNamespace(self, result): (source)

Undocumented

def select(self, mailbox): (source)

Select a mailbox

This command is allowed in the Authenticated and Selected states.

Parameters mailbox The name of the mailbox to select (type: str)

Returns

A deferred whose callback is invoked with mailbox information if the select is successful and whose errback is invoked otherwise. Mailbox information consists of a dictionary with the following str keys and values:

       FLAGS: A list of strings containing the flags settable on
               messages in this mailbox.

       EXISTS: An integer indicating the number of messages in this
               mailbox.

       RECENT: An integer indicating the number of "recent"
               messages in this mailbox.

       UNSEEN: The message sequence number (an integer) of the
               first unseen message in the mailbox.

       PERMANENTFLAGS: A list of strings containing the flags that
               can be permanently set on messages in this mailbox.

       UIDVALIDITY: An integer uniquely identifying this mailbox.

(type: Deferred)

def examine(self, mailbox): (source)

Select a mailbox in read-only mode

This command is allowed in the Authenticated and Selected states.

Parameters mailbox The name of the mailbox to examine (type: str)

Returns

A deferred whose callback is invoked with mailbox information if the examine is successful and whose errback is invoked otherwise. Mailbox information consists of a dictionary with the following keys and values:

   'FLAGS': A list of strings containing the flags settable on
               messages in this mailbox.

   'EXISTS': An integer indicating the number of messages in this
               mailbox.

   'RECENT': An integer indicating the number of "recent"
               messages in this mailbox.

   'UNSEEN': An integer indicating the number of messages not
               flagged \Seen in this mailbox.

   'PERMANENTFLAGS': A list of strings containing the flags that
               can be permanently set on messages in this mailbox.

   'UIDVALIDITY': An integer uniquely identifying this mailbox.

(type: Deferred)

def _intOrRaise(self, value, phrase): (source)

Parse value as an integer and return the result or raise IllegalServerResponse with phrase as an argument if value cannot be parsed as an integer.

def __cbSelect(self, result, rw): (source)

Handle lines received in response to a SELECT or EXAMINE command.

See RFC 3501, section 6.3.1.

def create(self, name): (source)

Create a new mailbox on the server

This command is allowed in the Authenticated and Selected states.

Parameters	name	The name of the mailbox to create. (type: `str`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked if the mailbox creation is successful and whose errback is invoked otherwise. (type: `Deferred`)

def delete(self, name): (source)

Delete a mailbox

This command is allowed in the Authenticated and Selected states.

Parameters	name	The name of the mailbox to delete. (type: `str`)
Returns	A deferred whose calblack is invoked if the mailbox is deleted successfully and whose errback is invoked otherwise. (type: `Deferred`)

def rename(self, oldname, newname): (source)

Rename a mailbox

This command is allowed in the Authenticated and Selected states.

Parameters	oldname	The current name of the mailbox to rename. (type: `str`)
	newname	The new name to give the mailbox. (type: `str`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked if the rename is successful and whose errback is invoked otherwise. (type: `Deferred`)

def subscribe(self, name): (source)

Add a mailbox to the subscription list

This command is allowed in the Authenticated and Selected states.

Parameters	name	The mailbox to mark as 'active' or 'subscribed' (type: `str`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked if the subscription is successful and whose errback is invoked otherwise. (type: `Deferred`)

def unsubscribe(self, name): (source)

Remove a mailbox from the subscription list

This command is allowed in the Authenticated and Selected states.

Parameters	name	The mailbox to unsubscribe (type: `str`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked if the unsubscription is successful and whose errback is invoked otherwise. (type: `Deferred`)

def list(self, reference, wildcard): (source)

List a subset of the available mailboxes

This command is allowed in the Authenticated and Selected states.

Parameters	reference	The context in which to interpret `wildcard` (type: `str`)
	wildcard	The pattern of mailbox names to match, optionally including either or both of the '' and '%' wildcards. '' will match zero or more characters and cross hierarchical boundaries. '%' will also match zero or more characters, but is limited to a single hierarchical level. (type: `str`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a list of `tuple`s, the first element of which is a `tuple` of mailbox flags, the second element of which is the hierarchy delimiter for this mailbox, and the third of which is the mailbox name; if the command is unsuccessful, the deferred's errback is invoked instead. NB: the delimiter and the mailbox name are `str`s. (type: `Deferred`)

def lsub(self, reference, wildcard): (source)

List a subset of the subscribed available mailboxes

This command is allowed in the Authenticated and Selected states.

The parameters and returned object are the same as for the list method, with one slight difference: Only mailboxes which have been subscribed can be included in the resulting list.

def __cbList(self, result, command): (source)

Undocumented

def status(self, mailbox, *names): (source)

Retrieve the status of the given mailbox

This command is allowed in the Authenticated and Selected states.

Parameters	mailbox	The name of the mailbox to query (type: `str`)
	*names	The status names to query. These may be any number of: `'MESSAGES'`, `'RECENT'`, `'UIDNEXT'`, `'UIDVALIDITY'`, and `'UNSEEN'`. (type: `bytes`)
Returns	A deferred which fires with the status information if the command is successful and whose errback is invoked otherwise. The status information is in the form of a `dict`. Each element of `names` is a key in the dictionary. The value for each key is the corresponding response from the server. (type: `Deferred`)

def __cbStatus(self, result): (source)

Undocumented

def append(self, mailbox, message, flags=(), date=None): (source)

Add the given message to the given mailbox.

This command is allowed in the Authenticated and Selected states.

Parameters	mailbox	The mailbox to which to add this message. (type: `str`)
	message	The message to add, in RFC822 format. Newlines in this file should be \r\n-style. (type: Any file-like object opened in binary mode.)
	flags	The flags to associated with this message. (type: Any iterable of `str`)
	date	The date to associate with this message. This should be of the format DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM:SS +/-HHMM. For example, in Eastern Standard Time, on July 1st 2004 at half past 1 PM, "01-07-2004 13:30:00 -0500". (type: `str`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked when this command succeeds or whose errback is invoked if it fails. (type: `Deferred`)

def __cbContinueAppend(self, lines, message): (source)

Undocumented

def __cbFinishAppend(self, foo): (source)

Undocumented

def check(self): (source)

Tell the server to perform a checkpoint

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Returns A deferred whose callback is invoked when this command succeeds or whose errback is invoked if it fails. (type: Deferred)

def close(self): (source)

Return the connection to the Authenticated state.

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Issuing this command will also remove all messages flagged \Deleted from the selected mailbox if it is opened in read-write mode, otherwise it indicates success by no messages are removed.

Returns A deferred whose callback is invoked when the command completes successfully or whose errback is invoked if it fails. (type: Deferred)

def expunge(self): (source)

Return the connection to the Authenticate state.

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Issuing this command will perform the same actions as issuing the close command, but will also generate an 'expunge' response for every message deleted.

Returns A deferred whose callback is invoked with a list of the 'expunge' responses when this command is successful or whose errback is invoked otherwise. (type: Deferred)

def __cbExpunge(self, result): (source)

Undocumented

def search(self, *queries, **kwarg): (source)

Search messages in the currently selected mailbox

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Any non-zero number of queries are accepted by this method, as returned by the Query, Or, and Not functions.

Parameters	uid	if true, the server is asked to return message UIDs instead of message sequence numbers. (This is a keyword-only argument.) (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback will be invoked with a list of all the message sequence numbers return by the search, or whose errback will be invoked if there is an error. (type: `Deferred`)

def __cbSearch(self, result): (source)

Undocumented

def fetchUID(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve the unique identifier for one or more messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a dict mapping message sequence numbers to unique message identifiers, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. (type: `Deferred`)

def fetchFlags(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve the flags for one or more messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	The messages for which to retrieve flags. (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a dict mapping message numbers to lists of flags, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. (type: `Deferred`)

def fetchInternalDate(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve the internal date associated with one or more messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	The messages for which to retrieve the internal date. (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a dict mapping message numbers to date strings, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. Date strings take the format of "day-month-year time timezone". (type: `Deferred`)

def fetchEnvelope(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve the envelope data for one or more messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	The messages for which to retrieve envelope data. (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a dict mapping message numbers to envelope data, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. Envelope data consists of a sequence of the date, subject, from, sender, reply-to, to, cc, bcc, in-reply-to, and message-id header fields. The date, subject, in-reply-to, and message-id fields are `str`, while the from, sender, reply-to, to, cc, and bcc fields contain address data as `str`s. Address data consists of a sequence of name, source route, mailbox name, and hostname. Fields which are not present for a particular address may be `None`. (type: `Deferred`)

def fetchBodyStructure(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve the structure of the body of one or more messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	The messages for which to retrieve body structure data. (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a dict mapping message numbers to body structure data, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. Body structure data describes the MIME-IMB format of a message and consists of a sequence of mime type, mime subtype, parameters, content id, description, encoding, and size. The fields following the size field are variable: if the mime type/subtype is message/rfc822, the contained message's envelope information, body structure data, and number of lines of text; if the mime type is text, the number of lines of text. Extension fields may also be included; if present, they are: the MD5 hash of the body, body disposition, body language. (type: `Deferred`)

def fetchSimplifiedBody(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve the simplified body structure of one or more messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a dict mapping message numbers to body data, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. The simplified body structure is the same as the body structure, except that extension fields will never be present. (type: `Deferred`)

def fetchMessage(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve one or more entire messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A `Deferred` which will fire with a `dict` mapping message sequence numbers to `dict`s giving message data for the corresponding message. If `uid` is true, the inner dictionaries have a `'UID'` key mapped to a `str` giving the UID for the message. The text of the message is a `str` associated with the `'RFC822'` key in each dictionary. (type: `Deferred`)

def fetchHeaders(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve headers of one or more messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a dict mapping message numbers to dicts of message headers, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. (type: `Deferred`)

def fetchBody(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve body text of one or more messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a dict mapping message numbers to file-like objects containing body text, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. (type: `Deferred`)

def fetchSize(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve the size, in octets, of one or more messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a dict mapping message numbers to sizes, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. (type: `Deferred`)

def fetchFull(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve several different fields of one or more messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state. This is equivalent to issuing all of the fetchFlags, fetchInternalDate, fetchSize, fetchEnvelope, and fetchSimplifiedBody functions.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a dict mapping message numbers to dict of the retrieved data values, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. They dictionary keys are "flags", "date", "size", "envelope", and "body". (type: `Deferred`)

def fetchAll(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve several different fields of one or more messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state. This is equivalent to issuing all of the fetchFlags, fetchInternalDate, fetchSize, and fetchEnvelope functions.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a dict mapping message numbers to dict of the retrieved data values, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. They dictionary keys are "flags", "date", "size", and "envelope". (type: `Deferred`)

def fetchFast(self, messages, uid=0): (source)

Retrieve several different fields of one or more messages

This command is allowed in the Selected state. This is equivalent to issuing all of the fetchFlags, fetchInternalDate, and fetchSize functions.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a dict mapping message numbers to dict of the retrieved data values, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. They dictionary keys are "flags", "date", and "size". (type: `Deferred`)

def _parseFetchPairs(self, fetchResponseList): (source)

Given the result of parsing a single FETCH response, construct a dict mapping response keys to response values.

Parameters	fetchResponseList	The result of parsing a FETCH response with `parseNestedParens` and extracting just the response data (that is, just the part that comes after `"FETCH"`). The form of this input (and therefore the output of this method) is very disagreeable. A valuable improvement would be to enumerate the possible keys (representing them as structured objects of some sort) rather than using strings and tuples of tuples of strings and so forth. This would allow the keys to be documented more easily and would allow for a much simpler application-facing API (one not based on looking up somewhat hard to predict keys in a dict). Since `fetchResponseList` notionally represents a flattened sequence of pairs (identifying keys followed by their associated values), collapsing such complex elements of this list as `["BODY", ["HEADER.FIELDS", ["SUBJECT"]]]` into a single object would also greatly simplify the implementation of this method.
Returns	A `dict` of the response data represented by `pairs`. Keys in this dictionary are things like `"RFC822.TEXT"`, `"FLAGS"`, or `("BODY", ("HEADER.FIELDS", ("SUBJECT",)))`. Values are entirely dependent on the key with which they are associated, but retain the same structured as produced by `parseNestedParens`.

def _cbFetch(self, result, requestedParts, structured): (source)

Undocumented

def fetchSpecific(self, messages, uid=0, headerType=None, headerNumber=None, headerArgs=None, peek=None, offset=None, length=None): (source)

Retrieve a specific section of one or more messages

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
	headerType	If specified, must be one of HEADER, HEADER.FIELDS, HEADER.FIELDS.NOT, MIME, or TEXT, and will determine which part of the message is retrieved. For HEADER.FIELDS and HEADER.FIELDS.NOT, `headerArgs` must be a sequence of header names. For MIME, `headerNumber` must be specified. (type: `str`)
	headerNumber	The nested rfc822 index specifying the entity to retrieve. For example, `1` retrieves the first entity of the message, and `(2, 1, 3`) retrieves the 3rd entity inside the first entity inside the second entity of the message. (type: `int` or `int` sequence)
	headerArgs	If `headerType` is HEADER.FIELDS, these are the headers to retrieve. If it is HEADER.FIELDS.NOT, these are the headers to exclude from retrieval. (type: A sequence of `str`)
	peek	If true, cause the server to not set the \Seen flag on this message as a result of this command. (type: `bool`)
	offset	The number of octets at the beginning of the result to skip. (type: `int`)
	length	The number of octets to retrieve. (type: `int`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a mapping of message numbers to retrieved data, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. (type: `Deferred`)

def _fetch(self, messages, useUID=0, **terms): (source)

Undocumented

def setFlags(self, messages, flags, silent=1, uid=0): (source)

Set the flags for one or more messages.

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	flags	The flags to set (type: Any iterable of `str`)
	silent	If true, cause the server to suppress its verbose response. (type: `bool`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a list of the server's responses (`[]` if `silent` is true) or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. (type: `Deferred`)

def addFlags(self, messages, flags, silent=1, uid=0): (source)

Add to the set flags for one or more messages.

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	flags	The flags to set (type: Any iterable of `str`)
	silent	If true, cause the server to suppress its verbose response. (type: `bool`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a list of the server's responses (`[]` if `silent` is true) or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. (type: `Deferred`)

def removeFlags(self, messages, flags, silent=1, uid=0): (source)

Remove from the set flags for one or more messages.

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	flags	The flags to set (type: Any iterable of `str`)
	silent	If true, cause the server to suppress its verbose response. (type: `bool`)
	uid	Indicates whether the message sequence set is of message numbers or of unique message IDs. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a list of the server's responses (`[]` if `silent` is true) or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. (type: `Deferred`)

def _store(self, messages, cmd, silent, flags, uid): (source)

Undocumented

def copy(self, messages, mailbox, uid): (source)

Copy the specified messages to the specified mailbox.

This command is allowed in the Selected state.

Parameters	messages	A message sequence set (type: `MessageSet` or `str`)
	mailbox	The mailbox to which to copy the messages (type: `str`)
	uid	If true, the `messages` refers to message UIDs, rather than message sequence numbers. (type: `bool`)
Returns	A deferred whose callback is invoked with a true value when the copy is successful, or whose errback is invoked if there is an error. (type: `Deferred`)

def modeChanged(self, writeable): (source)

from twisted.mail.interfaces.IMailboxIMAPListener

Override me

def flagsChanged(self, newFlags): (source)

from twisted.mail.interfaces.IMailboxIMAPListener

Override me

def newMessages(self, exists, recent): (source)

from twisted.mail.interfaces.IMailboxIMAPListener

Override me

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