Simple tool for downloading email attachments for all emails in a given folder using an IMAP client.
Install:
$ pip install attachment-downloader
Usage:
Usage: attachment-downloader [options]
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--host=HOST IMAP Host
--username=USERNAME IMAP Username
--password=PASSWORD IMAP Password
--imap-folder=IMAP_FOLDER
IMAP Folder to extract attachments from
--filename-template=FILENAME_TEMPLATE
Attachment filename (jinja2) template.
--output=DOWNLOAD_FOLDER
Output directory for attachment download
--delete Delete downloaed E-Mails from Mailbox
--delete-copy-folder=DELETE_COPY_FOLDER
IMAP folder to copy emails to before deleting them
Example:
$ attachment-downloader --host imap.example.com --username [email protected] --password pa55word \\
--imap-folder invoices --output ~/Downloads
This tool requires Python 3+
This is not compatible with Python 2.
By default attachments will be downloaded using their original filename to the folder specified by -output.
You can customise the download filename using a jinja2 template for the argument --filename-template.
The following variables are supported:
message_idattachment_nameattachment_idxsubjectlocal_date
In the following example, downloads will be placed within the output folder grouped into a folder hierarchy of date, message ID, subject:
--filename-template="{{local_date}}/{{ message_id }}/{{ subject }}/{{ attachment_name }}"
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