# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import mailbox
import os

# Create an example folder, the path is an unicode string 
prefix = u'répertoire/'
if not os.path.exists(prefix):
    os.mkdir(prefix)

# Open a maildir box 
maildir_path = os.path.join(prefix, "mail/")
mb = mailbox.Maildir(maildir_path, factory=None)

# Create a dummy message
msg = mailbox.MaildirMessage()
msg.set_payload('This is a test')
msg.set_flags('S')
key = mb.add(msg)

# Try to get the message back
mb.get_message(key)
# This triggers a TypeError in mailbox.py:343 in get_message