pythonemailpoplib

Python Poplib Error

This is the code

import poplib
from email import parser

pop_conn = poplib.POP3_SSL('pop.gmail.com')
pop_conn.user('user@gmail.com')
pop_conn.pass_('password')
messages = [pop_conn.retr(i) for i in range(1, len(pop_conn.list()[1]) + 1)]
messages = ["\n".join(mssg[1]) for mssg in messages]
messages = [parser.Parser().parsestr(mssg) for mssg in messages]
for message in messages:
    print(message)

When it gets to the 8th line (messages = ["\n".join(mssg[1]) for mssg in messages])

It says this: 

TypeError: sequence item 0: expected str instance, bytes found

Does anyone know what i'm doing wrong?

Solution

  • Convert the bytes objects into string using bytes.decode:

    messages = ["\n".join(m.decode() for m in mssg[1]) for mssg in messages]