xbmcmail pop3 (POP/SMTP) e-mail client for XBMC

[burriko]

xbmcmail v0.3.1
by burriko

a pop3 email client for xbmc.

features
read emails that are currently in your pop3 mailbox.
emails are not deleted from the pop3 account so you can still pick them up later using your usual email client.
view images and listen to mp3s that are attached to the email.

0.3.1 - fixed attachment case-sensitivity bug

0.3 - added support for html emails.
attempted to add support for 720p resolution.
configurable temp folder to save attachments.

0.2 - uses images from textures.xpr.
added email images made by stass.
added support for ntsc.

0.1 - initial release.

how to use
1. open xbmcmail.py in a text editor and change the server, username and password.
2. copy xbmcmail.py to the \xbmc\scripts folder on your xbox.
3. optional. if you want 'my email' to appear on the opening menu of xbmc then copy the skin folder to your xbmc folder and copy strings.xml to \xbmc\language\english on your xbox.
note: this will overwrite the home.xml file in the mediacenter skin, only copy it over if you have a very recent build of xbmc, you can tell if it's new enough if it has the xbox-scene rss feed and the xlink kai gaming feature.

troubleshooting
if nothing happens when you run the script then it is very likely that you do not have python installed properly. if the file python23.zlib does not exist in your /xbmc/python folder then you must extract the contents of the python.rar that came with your copy of xbmc in to that folder.

thanks to stass for making the email icons.

download 0.3.1

screenshot1 screenshot2

[darkie]

nice *

btw, one thing i noticed is this line

self.addcontrol(xbmcgui.controlimage(0,0,720,576, 'q:\\skin\\' + skindir + '\\media\\background.png'))

it's ok but you could use this to

self.addcontrol(xbmcgui.controlimage(0,0,720,576, 'background.png'))

this will get background.png from the textures.xpr file from the current skin, and it will save some memory to

[burriko]

thanks, i didn't realise that.

actually there's one thing i wanted to mention to you. i wanted this email script to be able to blend into xbmc as much as possible, but there was one thing i couldn't do. when an audio file is playing and xbmc shows the song info and album art, it doesn't seem to be possible to have this display when you are creating a window in python. unless of course you are just drawing on top of an already existing window in xbmc.
can you think of any way around this?

oh, and thanks for all of the hard work you've done on getting python in to xbmc.

[stass]

ohh its a nice script but hmmm its not so beuty ;/ i got black gb ;(
http://www.home.no/stass/web/screenshot002.jpg
http://www.home.no/stass/web/screenshot003.jpg

how can i fix this.. ?

[stass]

ohh i got it :d
i only have textures.xpr and in the script...
self.panel = xbmcgui.controlimage(50,135,180,200, 'q:\\skin\\' + skindir + '\\media\\panel.png')

can you fix so its using textures.xpr?
its will be nice.. ;d

good work dude..!

[burriko]

Originally Posted by (stass @ april 13 2004,23:37)

ohh i got it :d
i only have textures.xpr and in the script...
self.panel = xbmcgui.controlimage(50,135,180,200, 'q:\\skin\\' + skindir + '\\media\\panel.png')

can you fix so its using textures.xpr?
its will be nice.. ;d

good work dude..!

i've updated it to use the images from the textures.xpr file now.

[ent]

i can't seem to get any of these internet scripts to work, with the exception of googlenews. all of them just don't connect to the net.

[stass]

well well :d
a new version
http://www.home.no/stass/web/mail/temp/

[stass]

ajjt..!
hear we have a new frech.. simpel site
hopp you like it..

http://www.home.no/stass/xbox/xbmc.htm

*peace*

[bobrooney_78]

just tried xbmcmail, it is great. works very well for me

keep up the great work!