Mail.register
mail.register
is a function in the mail
module of Python's standard library, which is used to register a mail handler.
Here's a brief overview of what mail.register
does:
What is mail.register
?
mail.register
is a function that registers a mail handler with the mail
module. A mail handler is a function that is called when a mail message is received by the mail
module.
How to use mail.register
?
To use mail.register
, you need to import the mail
module and then call the register
function, passing a mail handler function as an argument.
Here's an example:
import mail
def my_mail_handler(message):
# Process the mail message here
print("Received mail message:", message)
mail.register(my_mail_handler)
In this example, my_mail_handler
is a function that takes a mail message as an argument and prints it to the console. The mail.register
function is then called with my_mail_handler
as an argument, which registers the function as a mail handler.
What happens when a mail message is received?
When a mail message is received, the mail
module will call the registered mail handler function with the mail message as an argument. In this case, the my_mail_handler
function will be called with the mail message as an argument, and it will print the message to the console.
Note: The mail.register
function is only available in Python 2.x. In Python 3.x, the smtplib
module is used to send and receive mail, and the mail
module is not available.