# Import the email modules we'll need from email.parser import BytesParser, Parser from email.policy import default # If the e-mail headers are in a file, uncomment these two lines: # with open(messagefile, 'rb') as fp: # headers = BytesParser(policy=default).parse(fp) # Or for parsing headers in a string (this is an uncommon operation), use: headers = Parser(policy=default).parsestr( 'From: Foo Bar \n' 'To: \n' 'Subject: Test message\n' '\n' 'Body would go here\n') # Now the header items can be accessed as a dictionary: print('To: {}'.format(headers['to'])) print('From: {}'.format(headers['from'])) print('Subject: {}'.format(headers['subject'])) # You can also access the parts of the addresses: print('Recipient username: {}'.format(headers['to'].addresses[0].username)) print('Sender name: {}'.format(headers['from'].addresses[0].display_name))