Python imap Lib

Question

Where can I find a complete description of all imap4 functions; especially with the possible parameter option and the return values and/or the data some of the functions create? The http://docs.python.org/dev/library/imaplib just lists all the functions but not their possible parameters and the data they may create.

Answer 1

The imaplib module is really a thin wrapper around the IMAP4rev1 protocol, and expects you to know pretty much all the ins and outs of that. The protocol is described in RFC 3501 (although imaplib was actually written against the now-obsolete RFC 2060.) There are a few less... esoteric IMAP4 implementations for Python, like the one in twisted.mail, which are a lot less painful to work with.