Method stat

Lib/poplib.py:221–242

Get mailbox status. Result is tuple of 2 ints (message count, mailbox size)

(self)

    def stat(self):
        """Get mailbox status.

        Result is tuple of 2 ints (message count, mailbox size)
        """
        retval = self._shortcmd('STAT')
        rets = retval.split()
        if self._debugging: print('*stat*', repr(rets))

        # Check if the response has enough elements
        # RFC 1939 requires at least 3 elements (+OK, message count, mailbox size)
        # but allows additional data after the required fields
        if len(rets) < 3:
            raise error_proto("Invalid STAT response format")

        try:
            numMessages = int(rets[1])
            sizeMessages = int(rets[2])
        except ValueError:
            raise error_proto("Invalid STAT response data: non-numeric values")

        return (numMessages, sizeMessages)


    def list(self, which=None):