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Welcome to the products page for PyMailGUI, a cross-platform email client.
PyMailGUI is a GUI coded in Python/Tk, which allows you to send
and receive email using your POP/SMTP server accounts, and save and view email
in offline files.
With PyMailGUI, your email session is private, void of advertising, and off-limits
to snoops.
For a quick tour of PyMailGUI's features, see its
User Guide's
Introducing PyMailGUI,
its PC
screenshots,
and its work-in-progress Android
how-to.
New: PyMailGUI 4.1 was released in Jun-2022, in the source-code
package and macOS app below (only). This release
adds a "Message-ID" header
to all sent mails, uses "Reply-To" if present, and
more.
Linux and Windows users: your executables were not rebuilt for this
release due to tools flux; please use the source-code
package.
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PyMailGUI runs on macOS (f.k.a. Mac OS X), Windows, Linux, and Android. It's available
as a platform-specific macOS app, Windows exe (both 64- and 32-bit),
and Linux executable, plus a complete source-code package
that runs on all four platforms.
Click the download link below to fetch the package you wish to use.
The app, exes, and executable may be easier to install and
run, but source code can be studied, is required on Android
today, and nullifies issues covered by the next section's
pointers.
Though not normally needed, the prior versions of any of the above are
available with a "prev-" name suffix on the full products page
here.
For example, fetch prev-PyMailGUI.app.zip for the
prior build of the macOS app.
For more details on PyMailGUI's download packages, as well as their complete install and
usage instructions, see the main
README.txt.
In brief, you'll fetch, unzip, and run either the unzipped app itself (macOS),
a same-named executable inside the unzip (Windows and Linux), or the program's
main script in the unzipped source code (all platforms).
The latest getting-started pointers:
- Source-code users
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This program requires a minor mod for recent Pythons: add the line
import sys near the top of file
PyMailGui-PP4E/popuputil.py in the unzipped
PyMailGUI-source package.
This is not required for and does not impact apps or executables, because they
use older Pythons. The was broken by a recent clean-up
initiative in Python.
- macOS users
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See the tips and fixes for your platform's
first-run warnings,
and
app-folder permissions.
Both of these apply only to the macOS app, not source code.
The
readme
covers Launchpad on your platform.
Mojave users: see also this
to fix crashes and blank windows caused by macOS dark mode.
Apple M-chip users: the Rosetta 2 emulator is required to run the app package,
but not source code.
Update: per 2023 vetting on macOS Ventura, the 2017 macOS app package may
have multiple issues; please use the source-code package instead, where needed.
Source code may have minor issues with text colors for macOS dark mode;
see Frigcal usage notes for info and fixes.
- Windows users
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See the tips and fixes for your platform's
first-run warnings,
executable start-up speed,
64-bit executable crashes,
and
blurry text on Windows 10+.
The first three of these apply only to Windows executables, not source code.
Update: as of 2023, this program's app and source-code have now been vetted to mostly
work well on Windows 11, in addition to 7, 8, and 10. Sole exception: per above, its
64-bit executable
no longer works on Windows 10+; please use its 32-bit executable or source-code
package instead, where needed.
- Linux users
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You can add PyMailGUI to your applications launcher by fetching
this file
and installing it per steps 1..4 in
this tip.
See also
this tip
for a possibly useful library fix for the executable.
Update: per this note
in 2020, PyMailGUI's Linux executable was broken by recent Linux changes;
please use the source-code package instead.
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Android users
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As noted in this doc,
PyMailGUI is not yet fully functional on Android, but watch for updates here.
To use it on this platform, you'll fetch and patch its source-code package,
and launch it in an app's IDE to manage a specific account.
Android 11+ users: see also
this
for recent changes on Android; these may impact access to saved-mail folders.
Update: in 2023, Pydroid 3's version 6 imposed extra rules for
running this program on Android; see the coverage
here.
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- All users—POP vs IMAP email
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PyMailGUI currently fetches email with POP only, which has been demoted or
dropped by some mail providers, but not all. This program can be used to
process email from an IMAP (or IMAP-only) provider if fetched separately with
a utility like this. For more background, click
here.
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For a preview of PyMailGUI in action, visit its
screenshots page.
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For information on using PyMailGUI, explore its
User Guide.
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For highlights of PyMailGUI's releases, view its
recent changes.
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For PyMailGUI's full source code online, browse its
unzipped code.
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For more tips and updates, see the support
page
and older
list.
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