The most widely used version in tutorials (e.g., Google's Python class) is the one from the Python source repository (Option 1). That file contains several real email samples and is ideal for learning how to parse mbox files.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python/cpython/main/Lib/test/test_email/data/mbox_short.txt Or if you prefer using wget :
From test@example.com Tue Apr 20 10:00:00 2021 From: sender@example.com To: receiver@example.com Subject: Test email 1 This is the first test message. It has two lines. mbox-short.txt download
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python/cpython/main/Lib/test/test_email/data/mbox_short.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python/cpython/main/Lib/test/test_email/data/mbox_short.txt Then save the page as mbox-short.txt . The most widely used version in tutorials (e
(most common)
Simply click or visit this URL in your browser: mbox-short.txt download
From another@example.com Tue Apr 20 10:05:00 2021 From: someone@example.com To: you@example.com Subject: Second email
Just a quick note.
Save the following as mbox-short.txt :