Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 02:30:38 +0200 (SAST)
From: Paul Sheer <psheer@icon.co.za>

there is an FAQ question on this, but no examples.

works with python 1.5.1

enjoy

-paul


#!/usr/bin/python

# Usage:
#	exim-filter-mime.py <mime-type> ...
#
# Example:
#	exim-filter-mime.py audio image/jpg video
#
# This script reads from stdin and writes to stdout.
# It strips all the mime attachments from a mail message
# that are one of the mime types listed on the command line
#
# Exim can use it in its configuration file, for example, as follows:
#
#	remote_smtp:
#	  driver = smtp
#	  .
#	  .
#	  .
#	  transport_filter = /etc/exim-filter-mime.py audio video image
#

# The attachment is replaced with the following:
def cheeky_response (part):
    print "[File `%s' of type `%s' is meant to go here]" % (part.getheader('Content-Description'), part.gettype ())
    print
    print "This host is restricted from transmitting %s files and" % (part.getmaintype (),)
    print "hence this attachment was stripped from the mail message."
    print

import sys
import mimetools

message = mimetools.Message (sys.stdin, 0)

# Print out the header:
for l in message.headers:
    sys.stdout.write (l)
print

# Not a multipart message, so just dump the whole thing:
if message.getmaintype () != "multipart":
    l = " "
    while l:
	l = message.fp.readline ()
	sys.stdout.write (l)
    sys.exit (0)

# Mime boundaries:
boundary = "--" + message.getparam ("boundary") + "\n"
lastboundary = "--" + message.getparam ("boundary") + "--\n"

l = " "
while l and l != boundary and l != lastboundary:
    l = message.fp.readline ()
    sys.stdout.write (l)

while l and l != lastboundary:
    part = mimetools.Message (message.fp, 0)
    if part.getmaintype () in sys.argv[1:] or part.gettype () in sys.argv[1:]:
# If it is of a type on the command-line, do not write the header or body,
# just skip over till the next boundary...
	l = " "
	while l and l != boundary and l != lastboundary:
	    l = part.fp.readline ()
# ... and then give a cheeky replacement:
	print "Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii"
	print
	cheeky_response (part)
# write the boundary:
	sys.stdout.write (l)
    else:
# if it is anything else (like text/plain, application/octet-stream etc.
# then write the header...
	p = ""
	for p in part.headers:
	    sys.stdout.write (p)
	print
# ... and then write the body
	l = " "
	while l and l != boundary and l != lastboundary:
	    l = part.fp.readline ()
	    sys.stdout.write (l)

l = " "
while l:
    l = message.fp.readline ()
    sys.stdout.write (l)