Mailbox module should support other mbox formats in addition to mboxo

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by locating the Mailbox module and its existing mboxo handling and tests. Determine which additional mbox formats are required and how they should be represented before making changes; done means the supported formats are explicitly defined and covered by tests.

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Description

stdlib topic-email type-feature
BPO 13698
Nosy @warsaw, @endolith, @bitdancer, @akheron

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2012-01-02.21:46:27.298>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', 'expert-email']
title = 'Mailbox module should support other mbox formats in addition to mboxo'
updated_at = <Date 2012-06-25.18:59:03.792>
user = 'https://github.com/endolith'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2012-06-25.18:59:03.792>
actor = 'petri.lehtinen'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)', 'email']
creation = <Date 2012-01-02.21:46:27.298>
creator = 'endolith'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 13698
keywords = []
message_count = 8.0
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nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['barry', 'endolith', 'r.david.murray', 'petri.lehtinen']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue13698'
versions = ['Python 3.4']

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