Method __init__

Lib/mailbox.py:995–1005

Initialize an MH instance.

(self, path, factory=None, create=True)

    """An MH mailbox."""

    def __init__(self, path, factory=None, create=True):
        """Initialize an MH instance."""
        Mailbox.__init__(self, path, factory, create)
        if not os.path.exists(self._path):
            if create:
                os.mkdir(self._path, 0o700)
                os.close(os.open(os.path.join(self._path, '.mh_sequences'),
                                 os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL | os.O_WRONLY, 0o600))
            else:
                raise NoSuchMailboxError(self._path)
        self._locked = False

    def add(self, message):
        """Add message and return assigned key."""