Take a look at this SMTP sink server:
from __future__ import print_function
from datetime import datetime
import asyncore
from smtpd import SMTPServer
class EmlServer(SMTPServer):
no = 0
def process_message(self, peer, mailfrom, rcpttos, data):
filename="%s-%d.eml" % (datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S'),
self.no)
f = open(filename, 'w')
f.write(data)
f.close
print('%s saved.' % filename)
self.no += 1
def run():
# start the smtp server on localhost:1025
foo = EmlServer(('localhost', 1025), None)
try:
asyncore.loop()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
pass
if __name__ == '__main__':
run()
It uses smtpd.SMTPServer to dump emails to files.