Gmail: Download blocked file

                                         

Hi, today we are going to learn, how to download blocked file in gmail.

Sometimes you see following message in gmail:

and you can't download attached file

Follow steps to download file:

1. Open original message as shown in image

2. Download Original

let's name it download_original.txt

3.  Save following python script in same directory. Let's name it import_file.py

import email
import sys

if __name__=='__main__':
    if len(sys.argv)<2:
        print "Please enter a file to extract attachments from"
        sys.exit(1)

    msg = email.message_from_file(open(sys.argv[1]))
    for pl in msg.get_payload():
        if pl.get_filename(): # if it is an attachment
            open(pl.get_filename(), 'wb').write(pl.get_payload(decode=True))

4. Go to Python console

If you are using MAC book or Linux OS - open terminal and type python

type

python   import_file.py    download_original.txt

It will download your blocked file in same directory.

That's it.

Thanks!!! Enjoy Programming :)


References:

https://spapas.github.io/2014/10/23/retrieve-gmail-blocked-attachments/