Section 17.5. Related Modules

17.5. Related Modules

One of Python's greatest assets is the strength of its networking support in the standard library, particularly those oriented toward Internet protocols and client development. Listed below are related modules, first focusing on electronic mail followed by Internet protocols in general.

17.5.1. E-mail

Python features numerous e-mail modules and packages to help you with building an application. Some of them are listed in Table 17.5.

Table 17.5. E-Mail-Related Modules

Module/Package	Description
email	Package for processing e-mail (also supports MIME)
rfc822	RFC2822 mail header parsers
smtpd	SMTP server
base64	Base 16, 32, and 64 data encodings (RFC 3548)
mhlib	Classes for handling MH folders and messages
mailbox	Classes to support parsing mailbox file formats
mailcap	Support for handling "mailcap" files
mimetools	(deprecated) MIME message parsing tools (use email above)
mimetypes	Converts between filenames/URLs and associated MIME types
MimeWriter	(deprecated) MIME message processing (use email above)
mimify	(deprecated) Tools to MIME-process messages with (use email above)
binascii	Binary and ASCII conversion
binhex	Binhex4 encoding and decoding support

17.5.2. Other Internet Protocols

Table 17.6. Internet Protocol-Related Modules

Module	Description
ftplib	FTP protocol client
gopherlib	Gopher protocol client
httplib	HTTP and HTTPS protocol client
imaplib	IMAP4 protocol client
nntplib	NNTP protocol client
poplib	POP3 protocol client
smtplib	SMTP protocol client
telnetlib	Telnet client class