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+# Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Python Software Foundation
+# Author: Barry Warsaw
+# Contact: email-sig@python.org
+
+"""Base class for MIME multipart/* type messages."""
+
+__all__ = ['MIMEMultipart']
+
+from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
+
+
+
+class MIMEMultipart(MIMEBase):
+ """Base class for MIME multipart/* type messages."""
+
+ def __init__(self, _subtype='mixed', boundary=None, _subparts=None,
+ **_params):
+ """Creates a multipart/* type message.
+
+ By default, creates a multipart/mixed message, with proper
+ Content-Type and MIME-Version headers.
+
+ _subtype is the subtype of the multipart content type, defaulting to
+ `mixed'.
+
+ boundary is the multipart boundary string. By default it is
+ calculated as needed.
+
+ _subparts is a sequence of initial subparts for the payload. It
+ must be an iterable object, such as a list. You can always
+ attach new subparts to the message by using the attach() method.
+
+ Additional parameters for the Content-Type header are taken from the
+ keyword arguments (or passed into the _params argument).
+ """
+ MIMEBase.__init__(self, 'multipart', _subtype, **_params)
+ if _subparts:
+ for p in _subparts:
+ self.attach(p)
+ if boundary:
+ self.set_boundary(boundary)