Python IMAPClient - how to group conversations from inbox/sent folders?

Asked Apr 17 '15 at 13:01

Active Apr 17 '15 at 13:24

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I was able to group conversations for inbox for exmaple with:

from imapclient import IMAPClient
mail = IMAPClient(domain, ssl=True)
mail.login(username+"@"+domain, password)
mail.select_folder(folder)
threads = mail.thread(algorithm='REFERENCES', criteria='ALL')

That works without error. Now I am having trouble grouping messages from inbox and sent. Lets say I received 4 messages (grouping works with previous code) and sent 3. That means I want to show 7 in total and not just 4 i have received.

I do not need a ready to use solution, just some suggestions on where to start. Thanks.

edited Apr 17 '15 at 13:24

Austin T French

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You would likely need to fetch and parse the References, In-Reply-To and Message-Id headers. In `IMAP`, every folder is independent, and so thread will not give you information about threads across different folders. – Max Apr 17 '15 at 13:27
If you are using Gmail, they have an extension where you can fetch the internal thread id, which does work across folders. – Max Apr 17 '15 at 13:27
@Max I am not using gmail. – pregmatch Apr 17 '15 at 13:27
Then header parsing is the way to go. :) – Max Apr 17 '15 at 14:40
@Max that will take some doing :) – pregmatch Apr 17 '15 at 15:54

Python IMAPClient - how to group conversations from inbox/sent folders?

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