PEP 4.
\declaremodule{standard}{mimetools}
\modulesynopsis{Tools for parsing MIME-style message bodies.}
+\deprecated{2.3}{The \refmodule{email} package should be used in
+ preference to the \module{mimetools} module. This
+ module is present only to maintain backward
+ compatibility.}
This module defines a subclass of the
\refmodule{rfc822}\refstmodindex{rfc822} module's
\modulesynopsis{Generic MIME file writer.}
\sectionauthor{Christopher G. Petrilli}{petrilli@amber.org}
+\deprecated{2.3}{The \refmodule{email} package should be used in
+ preference to the \module{MimeWriter} module. This
+ module is present only to maintain backward
+ compatibility.}
+
This module defines the class \class{MimeWriter}. The
\class{MimeWriter} class implements a basic formatter for creating
MIME multi-part files. It doesn't seek around the output file nor
\declaremodule{standard}{mimify}
\modulesynopsis{Mimification and unmimification of mail messages.}
+\deprecated{2.3}{The \refmodule{email} package should be used in
+ preference to the \module{mimify} module. This
+ module is present only to maintain backward
+ compatibility.}
-The mimify module defines two functions to convert mail messages to
+The \module{mimify} module defines two functions to convert mail messages to
and from MIME format. The mail message can be either a simple message
or a so-called multipart message. Each part is treated separately.
Mimifying (a part of) a message entails encoding the message as
\declaremodule{standard}{rfc822}
\modulesynopsis{Parse \rfc{2822} style mail messages.}
+\deprecated{2.3}{The \refmodule{email} package should be used in
+ preference to the \module{rfc822} module. This
+ module is present only to maintain backward
+ compatibility.}
+
This module defines a class, \class{Message}, which represents an
``email message'' as defined by the Internet standard
\rfc{2822}.\footnote{This module originally conformed to \rfc{822},