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    copied!<p>I am trying to search and filter my imap mails using python's imaplib. I am running into a quite strange problem with the search command, searching for email addresses in the <code>FROM</code> field. I have the following script,</p> <pre><code>print('search with name') status, results = con.search(None, '(FROM "Shrikant Sharat")') if status == 'OK': if results[0]: mid = results[0].split()[0] print('mail id', mid) print(con.fetch(mid, '(UID BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (FROM)])')) else: print('No results yielded') else: print('unable to search', results) print() print('search with email') status, results = con.search(None, '(FROM "shrikantsharat.k@gmail.com")') if status == 'OK': if results[0]: mid = results[0].split()[0] print('mail id', mid) print(con.fetch(mid, '(UID BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (FROM)])')) else: print('No results yielded') else: print('unable to search', results) </code></pre> <p>for which, I get the following result,</p> <pre><code>search with name mail id 2155 ('OK', [('2155 (UID 5340 BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (FROM)] {54}', 'From: Shrikant Sharat &lt;shrikantsharat.k@gmail.com&gt;\r\n\r\n'), ' FLAGS (\\Seen))']) search with email No results yielded </code></pre> <p>Why does the second search fail? The email address is present in the <code>From</code> field as shown by the previous search. The second search should've matched this mail right?</p> <p>Is this not the way to search for email address in the <code>From</code> field? I am pulling my hair apart on this one. Any ideas?</p> <p><strong>Edit</strong> If relevant, I am trying this with an IMAP server exposed by MS Exchange (2007, I think).</p>
 

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