#!/usr/bin/env python import difflib import email.parser import mailbox import sys f1, f2 = sys.argv[1:3] expected = email.parser.Parser().parse(open(f1)) mbox = mailbox.mbox(f2, create=False) msg = mbox[0] diff = False for h, val in expected.items(): if h not in msg: print("Header missing: %r" % h) diff = True continue if msg[h] != val: print("Header %r differs: %r != %r" % (h, val, msg[h])) diff = True if expected.get_payload() != msg.get_payload(): diff = True if expected.is_multipart() != msg.is_multipart(): print("Multipart differs, expected %s, got %s" % ( expected.is_multipart(), msg.is_multipart())) elif not msg.is_multipart(): exp = expected.get_payload().splitlines() got = msg.get_payload().splitlines() print("Payload differs:") for l in difflib.ndiff(exp, got): print(l) sys.exit(0 if not diff else 1)