imap2md/export-imap-notes.py

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import os
 username = ""
 password = ""
 imapserver = ""
-N = 500
 
 if not os.path.isdir('notes'):
     os.mkdir('notes')
@@ -15,10 +14,13 @@ if not os.path.isdir('notes'):
 def clean(text):
     return "".join(c if c.isalnum() else "_" for c in text)
 
+# number of top emails to fetch
+N = 200
+
 imap = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(imapserver)
 imap.login(username, password)
 
-status, messages = imap.select("Notes", True)
+status, messages = imap.select("Notes")
 
 messages = int(messages[0])
 
@@ -56,12 +58,13 @@ for i in range(messages, messages-N, -1):
                 content_type = msg.get_content_type()
                 body = msg.get_payload(decode=True).decode()
                 if content_type == "text/plain":
-                    open(filepath, "wb").write(body.encode('utf8'))
+                    open(filepath, "w").write(body)
 
             if content_type == "text/html":
                 md = markdownify(body)
                 if md[:4] == 'html':
                     md = md[4:]
+
                 open(filepath, "wb").write(md.encode('utf8'))
 
 imap.close()