Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: messages2json
Version: 0.3.0
Summary: A program that can be used to convert messages stored in various mailbox formats into JSON format.
Home-page: https://github.com/jmjj/messages2json
Author: Jari Juopperi
Author-email: jmjj@juopperi.org
License: MIT
Download-URL: https://github.com/jmjj/messages2json/tarball/0.3.0
Description: E-mail message to JSON converter
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        Version: 0.3.0
        
        Author: Jari Juopperi
        
        Travis CI build: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jmjj/messages2json.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/jmjj/messages2json)
        
        
        Overview
        --------
        
        A program that can be used to convert messages stored in various mailbox formats into JSON format. Currently the only supported input format is the `mailbox` format referred in the Python standard library
        [documentation](https://docs.python.org/2/library/mailbox.html#mbox).
        
        **Please note that this program is in the early stage of development. It is not ready for the business critical use.**
        
        Installation
        ------------
        
        To install use pip:
        
            $ pip install messages2json
        
        
        Or clone the repo:
        
            $ git clone https://github.com/jmjj/messages2json.git
            $ python setup.py install
        
        Usage
        -----
        To get help on the usage of the program:
        
            $  messages2json --help
            usage: messages2json [-h] [--input IN_F_OR_D] [--output OUT_F_OR_D] [--body]  
            [--format {mbox}] [--force]
        
            Convert e-mail messages to JSON format
        
            optional arguments:
            -h, --help           show this help message and exit
            --input IN_F_OR_D    input file or directory
            --output OUT_F_OR_D  output file or directory
            --body               include the body of the message, by default only
                                 headers are converted
            --format {mbox}      the format of input messages
            --force              Overwrite the output files even if they exist
        
        How to store messages to a file in `mbox` format ?
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        The following instructions help you to store messages from your favorite e-mail progran/service into a file in `mbox` format:
           + [Mozilla Thunderbird](https://freeshell.de/~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html)
           +  [Gmail](http://email.about.com/od/gmailtips/fl/How-to-Export-Your-Emails-from-Gmail-As-Mbox-Files.htm), not tested.
           + [MS Outlook](http://www.techhit.com/outlook/convert_outlook_mbox.html), not tested.
        
        
        
        
        
        Contributing
        ------------
        
        Bug report, pull requests and comments are appreciated. Please use the standard mechanisms of GitHub on [https://github.com/jmjj/messages2json](https://github.com/jmjj/messages2json) to submit your feedback.
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Topic :: Communications :: Email
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
