>>> print open("tmpmsg").read()
From test@umich.edu Fri Jan 24 17:18:05 2003
From: "Test" <test@umich.edu>
To: "Someone Test #A" <someone@eecs.umich.edu>,<someone@eecs.umich.edu>,"Someone Test #B" <someone@umich.edu>, "Someone Test #C" <someone@eecs.umich.edu>, "Someone Test #D" <someone@eecs.umich.edu>
Subject: testing
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 17:21:35 -0500
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>>> import email.Parser
>>> msg = email.Parser.Parser().parse(open("tmpmsg"))
>>> print msg.as_string()
From: "Test" <test@umich.edu>
To: "Someone Test #A"
	<someone@eecs.umich.edu>,<someone@eecs.umich.edu>,"Someone Test #B"
	<someone@umich.edu>, "Someone Test #C" <someone@eecs.umich.edu>, "Someone Test
	#D" <someone@eecs.umich.edu>
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>>> from StringIO import StringIO
>>> msg2 = email.Parser.Parser().parse(StringIO(msg.as_string())) 
>>> print msg2.as_string()
From: "Test" <test@umich.edu>
To: "Someone Test #A"
	<someone@eecs.umich.edu>,<someone@eecs.umich.edu>,"Someone Test #B"
	"Someone Test	#D" <someone@eecs.umich.edu>
Subject: testing
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 17:21:35 -0500
Status: RO
Content-Length: 5
Lines: 1

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