Re: code to retrieve web mail?

2006-08-01 Thread Gerhard Fiedler
On 2006-08-01 13:41:47, Terry Reedy wrote: >> Instead of mimicking a browser to access this e-mail account through the >> web interface, see if there is a POP3 access to your free e-mail (I'd >> be surprised if there isn't). > > To the contrary: Yahoo, for instance, charges for POP3 access; for '

Re: code to retrieve web mail?

2006-08-01 Thread Terry Reedy
"Paul McGuire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Instead of mimicking a browser to access this e-mail account through the > web > interface, see if there is a POP3 access to your free e-mail (I'd be > surprised if there isn't). To the contrary: Yahoo, for instance, c

Re: code to retrieve web mail?

2006-07-31 Thread Paul McGuire
"John Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I have a free web mail address and would like to use python to retrieve > files that have been emailed to me. The basic code would accommodate > cookies, a login name and password, then download using the full URL I > can p

Re: code to retrieve web mail?

2006-07-31 Thread Cliff Wells
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 01:47 +, John Savage wrote: > I have a free web mail address and would like to use python to retrieve > files that have been emailed to me. The basic code would accommodate > cookies, a login name and password, then download using the full URL I > can provide. From posting

code to retrieve web mail?

2006-07-31 Thread John Savage
I have a free web mail address and would like to use python to retrieve files that have been emailed to me. The basic code would accommodate cookies, a login name and password, then download using the full URL I can provide. From postings here I thought mechanize held promise, but I've found it to