From a0ce6e3432bb15f71c7eb95952c9e3dbca3294bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Calvin Erfmann <calvin.erfmann@pm.me>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 03:31:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] why am i doing this at 3am

---
 export_mails.py  | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 requirements.txt |   3 ++
 2 files changed, 114 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 export_mails.py
 create mode 100644 requirements.txt

diff --git a/export_mails.py b/export_mails.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78f53c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/export_mails.py
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+import imaplib
+import email
+from email.header import decode_header
+from email.utils import parsedate_to_datetime
+import os
+import re
+from getpass import getpass
+from tqdm import tqdm
+
+# 🧼 Clean up filenames
+def sanitize_filename(s):
+    s = re.sub(r'[\r\n\t]', '', s)
+    s = s.strip()
+    s = re.sub(r'[\\/*?:"<>|]', "_", s)
+    return s
+
+# 🧠 Interactive input
+print("📧 Email Export Tool")
+EMAIL = input("Email address: ").strip()
+PASSWORD = getpass("Password: ")
+IMAP_SERVER = input("IMAP server (e.g. imap.example.com): ").strip()
+IMAP_PORT = int(input("IMAP port (e.g. 993): ").strip())
+IMAP_FOLDER = input("IMAP folder (e.g. INBOX): ").strip() or "INBOX"
+OUTPUT_DIR = input("Output directory (e.g. email_export): ").strip() or "email_export"
+
+# 📦 Create output directories
+os.makedirs(OUTPUT_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+attachments_dir = os.path.join(OUTPUT_DIR, "attachments")
+os.makedirs(attachments_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+# 🔌 Connect to server
+try:
+    mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(IMAP_SERVER, IMAP_PORT)
+    mail.login(EMAIL, PASSWORD)
+    mail.select(IMAP_FOLDER)
+    print("✅ Connected successfully.")
+except Exception as e:
+    print(f"❌ Connection failed: {e}")
+    exit()
+
+# 📥 Search for all emails
+status, messages = mail.search(None, "ALL")
+email_ids = messages[0].split()
+
+exported_emails = 0
+exported_attachments = 0
+
+print(f"📬 Found {len(email_ids)} emails. Starting export...\n")
+
+# 🧮 Progress bar
+for i in tqdm(email_ids, desc="Exporting emails", unit="email"):
+    res, msg_data = mail.fetch(i, "(RFC822)")
+    raw_email = msg_data[0][1]
+    msg = email.message_from_bytes(raw_email)
+
+    subject = decode_header(msg["Subject"] or "no_subject")[0][0]
+    if isinstance(subject, bytes):
+        subject = subject.decode(errors="ignore")
+    subject = sanitize_filename(subject or "no_subject")
+
+    from_ = msg.get("From", "unknown")
+    to = msg.get("To", "unknown")
+    date = msg.get("Date", "")
+    try:
+        date_obj = parsedate_to_datetime(date)
+        date_fmt = date_obj.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
+    except:
+        date_fmt = "unknown_date"
+
+    markdown = f"---\nfrom: {from_}\nto: {to}\ndate: {date_fmt}\nsubject: {subject}\nattachments:\n"
+    body = ""
+    attachment_paths = []
+
+    for part in msg.walk():
+        content_type = part.get_content_type()
+        filename = part.get_filename()
+
+        if filename:
+            filename = sanitize_filename(filename)
+            filepath = os.path.join(attachments_dir, filename)
+            try:
+                with open(filepath, "wb") as f:
+                    f.write(part.get_payload(decode=True))
+                attachment_paths.append(f"[{filename}](attachments/{filename})")
+                exported_attachments += 1
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"⚠️ Failed to save attachment: {filename} → {e}")
+        elif content_type == "text/plain":
+            payload = part.get_payload(decode=True)
+            if payload:
+                body += payload.decode(errors="ignore")
+
+    if not attachment_paths:
+        markdown += "  - None\n"
+    else:
+        for link in attachment_paths:
+            markdown += f"  - {link}\n"
+    markdown += "---\n\n"
+    markdown += body.strip()
+
+    filename_md = f"{date_fmt}_{subject[:50]}.md"
+    filepath_md = os.path.join(OUTPUT_DIR, sanitize_filename(filename_md))
+    with open(filepath_md, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        f.write(markdown)
+
+    exported_emails += 1
+
+# ✅ Summary
+print("\n🎉 Export complete!")
+print(f"📄 Emails exported: {exported_emails}")
+print(f"📎 Attachments saved: {exported_attachments}")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..276ac81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
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+markdownify
+html2text
+tqdm