#!/usr/bin/env python
     # encoding: utf-8
     #
     # Copyright (c) 2008 Doug Hellmann All rights reserved.
     #
     """
     """
     
     __version__ = "$Id$"
     #end_pymotw_header
     
     import mailbox
     import email.utils
     
     from_addr = email.utils.formataddr(('Author', 'author@example.com'))
     to_addr = email.utils.formataddr(('Recipient', 'recipient@example.com'))
     
     mbox = mailbox.mbox('example.mbox')
     mbox.lock()
     try:
         msg = mailbox.mboxMessage()
         msg.set_unixfrom('author Sat Feb  7 01:05:34 2009')
         msg['From'] = from_addr
         msg['To'] = to_addr
         msg['Subject'] = 'Sample message 1'
         msg.set_payload('This is the body.\nFrom (should be escaped).\nThere are 3 lines.\n')
         mbox.add(msg)
         mbox.flush()
     
         msg = mailbox.mboxMessage()
         msg.set_unixfrom('author')
         msg['From'] = from_addr
         msg['To'] = to_addr
         msg['Subject'] = 'Sample message 2'
         msg.set_payload('This is the second body.\n')
         mbox.add(msg)
         mbox.flush()
     finally:
         mbox.unlock()
     
     print open('example.mbox', 'r').read()