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Copy functio in imaplib

What is message_set in the python documentation for copy in imaplib? Is
they referring message set to the particular mail message in my inbox
or something else.

copy( message_set, new_mailbox)
Copy message_set messages onto end of new_mailbox.

Jul 18 '05 #1
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Raghul wrote:
What is message_set in the python documentation for copy in imaplib? Is
they referring message set to the particular mail message in my inbox
or something else.

copy( message_set, new_mailbox)
Copy message_set messages onto end of new_mailbox.


A sequence of numbers encoded as a string. In one of the forms:

'1,2,3,4' or '1:4'

The numbers can be either message sequence numbers or uids.

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Jul 18 '05 #2
On 2005-02-22, Raghul <ra*****@gmail.com> wrote:
What is message_set in the python documentation for copy in imaplib?
It's a list of message numbers. The ones returned by a
"SEARCH" command.
Is they referring message set to the particular mail message
in my inbox or something else.


?

Have you read the IMAP RFC?

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2060.html

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