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  9. emlectomy-0.1.0/emlectomy.py +1731 -0
  10. emlectomy-0.1.0/pyproject.toml +34 -0
  11. emlectomy-0.1.0/setup.cfg +4 -0
  12. emlectomy-0.1.0/tests/test_emlectomy.py +252 -0
emlectomy-0.1.0/LICENSE ADDED
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+ MIT License
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+ Copyright (c) 2026 Agustín Rojas
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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emlectomy-0.1.0/PKG-INFO ADDED
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+ Metadata-Version: 2.4
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+ Name: emlectomy
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+ Version: 0.1.0
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+ Summary: Surgical removal of the redundancy in an email chain: a clean thread.json + thread.html + attachments from .eml/.msg/.emlx/.mbox
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+ Author: Agustín Rojas
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+ License-Expression: MIT
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+ Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy
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+ Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy/issues
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+ Keywords: email,eml,msg,emlx,mbox,deduplication,email-thread,llm,ai-agents
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+ Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
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+ Classifier: Environment :: Console
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+ Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
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+ Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Communications :: Email
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Text Processing
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+ Requires-Python: >=3.9
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+ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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+ License-File: LICENSE
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+ Dynamic: license-file
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+
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+ # emlectomy
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+
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+ **Surgical removal of the redundancy in an email chain.**
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+
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+ [![tests](https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy/actions/workflows/tests.yml)
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+ [![license: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
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+ ![python 3.9+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.9%2B-blue.svg)
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+ ![dependencies: none](https://img.shields.io/badge/dependencies-none-brightgreen.svg)
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+
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+ Long reply-all chains repeat themselves. Every message quotes every earlier one, forwards
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+ stack up, signatures and legal disclaimers pile on, and the same PDF gets attached five
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+ times. That is painful to read and expensive to feed to an LLM.
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+
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+ `emlectomy` reads the mess and writes **one folder** with the conversation told once, in
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+ order, containing only what each person actually added:
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+
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+ ```
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+ python emlectomy.py reply.eml
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+ ```
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+
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+ ```
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+ emlectomy-out/reply/
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+ ├── thread.json for agents: chronological messages, only each one's new text
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+ ├── thread.html for humans: the same clean thread (attachments are links, never embedded)
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+ └── attachments/ every attached file, safe names, identical files stored once
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+ ```
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+
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+ <p align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy/main/docs/screenshot.png" alt="thread.html for a three-message budget chain" width="560"></p>
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+
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+ - **One file, zero dependencies.** Python 3.9+ standard library only. Copy `emlectomy.py` and run it.
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+ - **Linux, macOS, Windows.** CI runs the tests on all three.
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+ - **Reads** `.eml`, `.msg` (Outlook), `.emlx` (Apple Mail), `.mbox`, folders of them, or stdin.
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+ - **Agent-friendly JSON.** Flat, chronological, stable field names, attachment paths that resolve.
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+
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+ ## Quick start
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ pipx install emlectomy # or: pip install emlectomy
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+ emlectomy reply.eml --open
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+ ```
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+
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+ No install needed either: grab [`emlectomy.py`](emlectomy.py) and run `python emlectomy.py reply.eml`.
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+ Try it on the samples in this repo:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ git clone https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy
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+ cd emlectomy
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+ python emlectomy.py examples/budget-thread.mbox --open
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+ ```
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+
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+ ```
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+ emlectomy FILE [FILE ...] [-o DIR] [--open] [--print-json] [--keep-signatures]
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+ ```
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+
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+ | Option | |
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+ |---|---|
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+ | `FILE` | Mail files or folders. `-` reads one from stdin. Several files are merged into one thread. |
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+ | `-o DIR` | Output folder. Default: `emlectomy-out/<file name>`. Re-running overwrites the previous output, and it refuses to write into a non-empty folder that isn't an earlier emlectomy output. |
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+ | `--open` | Open `thread.html` when done. |
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+ | `--print-json` | Also print `thread.json` to stdout (status goes to stderr). Handy for piping to an agent. |
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+ | `--keep-signatures` | Don't strip signatures and disclaimers. |
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+
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+ ## What it does
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+
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+ **Peels quoted history into separate messages.** `>` quotes at any depth, `On … wrote:`
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+ attributions (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch), Outlook
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+ `-----Original Message-----` and `From: / Sent: / To: / Subject:` blocks, forwarded-message
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+ blocks, and HTML replies (`blockquote`, Outlook's header block). Each older message gets its
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+ sender and date from the attribution or header block.
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+
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+ **Drops redundant copies.** A quoted message is removed when it is already in the thread,
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+ matched on normalised text (ignoring re-wrapping, `>` marks and whitespace), near-duplicate
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+ overlap and paragraph coverage, with sender and date as a sanity check. Two real emails are
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+ only merged when they share a `Message-ID`, or have the same text, sender and timestamp, so
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+ two different "Thanks!" replies stay separate.
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+
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+ **Strips boilerplate.** Signatures (`-- ` delimiter, or sign-off plus contact block), "Sent
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+ from my iPhone", confidentiality disclaimers, `[cid:…]` placeholders, "external email"
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+ banners, Outlook SafeLinks wrappers. Each person's signature is kept once under `participants`.
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+
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+ **Deduplicates attachments.** Identical files (SHA-256) are saved and listed once. Inline
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+ images (e.g. Gmail screenshots) are attached to the message that shows them, and the text
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+ points at the file: `[image: attachments/image (6).png]`.
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+
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+ **Handles inline replies.** When someone answers between quoted lines, the first quote level
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+ stays next to the answers so they still make sense, and anything quoted deeper is peeled off
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+ into its own older messages.
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+
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+ Emails attached to other emails (an `.eml` forwarded as an attachment, or embedded in a
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+ `.msg`) are read as messages and merged into the thread rather than listed as files.
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+
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+ ## `thread.json`
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+
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+ ```json
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+ {
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+ "thread": "Q3 budget",
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+ "base_dir": "/abs/path/emlectomy-out/reply",
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+ "stats": {
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+ "emails_read": 3, "message_blocks_seen": 6, "messages_kept": 3,
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+ "redundant_copies_removed": 3, "signatures_removed": 0,
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+ "attachments_saved": 1, "duplicate_attachments_skipped": 2
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+ },
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+ "participants": [
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+ {"name": "Alice Johnson", "email": "alice@example.com", "signature": "…"}
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+ ],
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+ "messages": [
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+ {
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+ "id": 3,
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+ "from": "Alice Johnson <alice@example.com>",
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+ "to": ["Bob Smith <bob@example.com>"],
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+ "date": "2025-03-04T18:00:00+00:00",
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+ "text": "Agreed with Bob on travel. I will cut it by 30 percent…",
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+ "attachments": [
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+ {"name": "budget.pdf", "path": "attachments/budget.pdf",
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+ "mime": "application/pdf", "size": 45}
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+ ],
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+ "source": "email"
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+ }
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+ ]
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ - Messages are oldest first; `id` is the position.
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+ - Attachment `path`s are relative to the output folder; `base_dir` is its absolute path.
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+ - `cc` and `subject` appear only when present, and `subject` only when it differs from `thread`.
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+ - `source` is `email` (a file you gave it), `attached_email`, or `quoted_only` (the original
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+ wasn't provided, so the message was rebuilt from a quote and its headers may be partial).
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+ - `date` is `null` with a `date_text` when the date couldn't be parsed.
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+ - `note` appears only on inline-reply messages.
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+
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+ ## Limits
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+
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+ - **Heuristics, not magic.** Unusual mail clients or heavily edited quotes can leave a bit of
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+ repeated text or split a message in the wrong place. `stats` tells you what was removed.
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+ - **A single `.eml` only contains what it quotes.** Replies on other branches of a
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+ conversation aren't in it. Give emlectomy more files (or an `.mbox`) to cover more.
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+ - **Formatting is plain text.** Colours and highlights (for example answers typed in yellow)
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+ are lost.
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+ - **`.msg`**: bodies come from the plain-text or HTML property; RTF-only messages aren't decoded.
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+ - **`.pst` / `.ost`** archives aren't supported. Export to `.mbox` or `.eml` first.
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+
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+ ## Development
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ python -m unittest discover -s tests # run the tests
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+ python tests/fixtures.py # regenerate examples/
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+ ```
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+
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+ The `.msg` tests use a small OLE writer in `tests/fixtures.py` rather than real Outlook files,
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+ so real-world `.msg` bug reports (with a sample, if you can share one) are especially welcome.
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+ Issues and pull requests are welcome.
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+
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+ ## License
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+
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+ [MIT](LICENSE)
emlectomy-0.1.0/README.md ADDED
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+ # emlectomy
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+
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+ **Surgical removal of the redundancy in an email chain.**
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+
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+ [![tests](https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy/actions/workflows/tests.yml)
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+ [![license: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
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+ ![python 3.9+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.9%2B-blue.svg)
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+ ![dependencies: none](https://img.shields.io/badge/dependencies-none-brightgreen.svg)
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+
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+ Long reply-all chains repeat themselves. Every message quotes every earlier one, forwards
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+ stack up, signatures and legal disclaimers pile on, and the same PDF gets attached five
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+ times. That is painful to read and expensive to feed to an LLM.
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+
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+ `emlectomy` reads the mess and writes **one folder** with the conversation told once, in
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+ order, containing only what each person actually added:
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+
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+ ```
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+ python emlectomy.py reply.eml
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+ ```
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+
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+ ```
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+ emlectomy-out/reply/
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+ ├── thread.json for agents: chronological messages, only each one's new text
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+ ├── thread.html for humans: the same clean thread (attachments are links, never embedded)
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+ └── attachments/ every attached file, safe names, identical files stored once
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+ ```
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+
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+ <p align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy/main/docs/screenshot.png" alt="thread.html for a three-message budget chain" width="560"></p>
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+
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+ - **One file, zero dependencies.** Python 3.9+ standard library only. Copy `emlectomy.py` and run it.
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+ - **Linux, macOS, Windows.** CI runs the tests on all three.
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+ - **Reads** `.eml`, `.msg` (Outlook), `.emlx` (Apple Mail), `.mbox`, folders of them, or stdin.
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+ - **Agent-friendly JSON.** Flat, chronological, stable field names, attachment paths that resolve.
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+
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+ ## Quick start
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ pipx install emlectomy # or: pip install emlectomy
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+ emlectomy reply.eml --open
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+ ```
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+
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+ No install needed either: grab [`emlectomy.py`](emlectomy.py) and run `python emlectomy.py reply.eml`.
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+ Try it on the samples in this repo:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ git clone https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy
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+ cd emlectomy
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+ python emlectomy.py examples/budget-thread.mbox --open
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+ ```
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+
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+ ```
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+ emlectomy FILE [FILE ...] [-o DIR] [--open] [--print-json] [--keep-signatures]
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+ ```
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+
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+ | Option | |
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+ |---|---|
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+ | `FILE` | Mail files or folders. `-` reads one from stdin. Several files are merged into one thread. |
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+ | `-o DIR` | Output folder. Default: `emlectomy-out/<file name>`. Re-running overwrites the previous output, and it refuses to write into a non-empty folder that isn't an earlier emlectomy output. |
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+ | `--open` | Open `thread.html` when done. |
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+ | `--print-json` | Also print `thread.json` to stdout (status goes to stderr). Handy for piping to an agent. |
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+ | `--keep-signatures` | Don't strip signatures and disclaimers. |
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+
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+ ## What it does
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+
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+ **Peels quoted history into separate messages.** `>` quotes at any depth, `On … wrote:`
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+ attributions (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch), Outlook
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+ `-----Original Message-----` and `From: / Sent: / To: / Subject:` blocks, forwarded-message
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+ blocks, and HTML replies (`blockquote`, Outlook's header block). Each older message gets its
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+ sender and date from the attribution or header block.
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+
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+ **Drops redundant copies.** A quoted message is removed when it is already in the thread,
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+ matched on normalised text (ignoring re-wrapping, `>` marks and whitespace), near-duplicate
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+ overlap and paragraph coverage, with sender and date as a sanity check. Two real emails are
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+ only merged when they share a `Message-ID`, or have the same text, sender and timestamp, so
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+ two different "Thanks!" replies stay separate.
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+
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+ **Strips boilerplate.** Signatures (`-- ` delimiter, or sign-off plus contact block), "Sent
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+ from my iPhone", confidentiality disclaimers, `[cid:…]` placeholders, "external email"
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+ banners, Outlook SafeLinks wrappers. Each person's signature is kept once under `participants`.
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+
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+ **Deduplicates attachments.** Identical files (SHA-256) are saved and listed once. Inline
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+ images (e.g. Gmail screenshots) are attached to the message that shows them, and the text
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+ points at the file: `[image: attachments/image (6).png]`.
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+
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+ **Handles inline replies.** When someone answers between quoted lines, the first quote level
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+ stays next to the answers so they still make sense, and anything quoted deeper is peeled off
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+ into its own older messages.
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+
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+ Emails attached to other emails (an `.eml` forwarded as an attachment, or embedded in a
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+ `.msg`) are read as messages and merged into the thread rather than listed as files.
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+
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+ ## `thread.json`
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+
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+ ```json
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+ {
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+ "thread": "Q3 budget",
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+ "base_dir": "/abs/path/emlectomy-out/reply",
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+ "stats": {
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+ "emails_read": 3, "message_blocks_seen": 6, "messages_kept": 3,
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+ "redundant_copies_removed": 3, "signatures_removed": 0,
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+ "attachments_saved": 1, "duplicate_attachments_skipped": 2
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+ },
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+ "participants": [
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+ {"name": "Alice Johnson", "email": "alice@example.com", "signature": "…"}
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+ ],
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+ "messages": [
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+ {
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+ "id": 3,
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+ "from": "Alice Johnson <alice@example.com>",
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+ "to": ["Bob Smith <bob@example.com>"],
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+ "date": "2025-03-04T18:00:00+00:00",
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+ "text": "Agreed with Bob on travel. I will cut it by 30 percent…",
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+ "attachments": [
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+ {"name": "budget.pdf", "path": "attachments/budget.pdf",
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+ "mime": "application/pdf", "size": 45}
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+ ],
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+ "source": "email"
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+ }
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+ ]
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ - Messages are oldest first; `id` is the position.
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+ - Attachment `path`s are relative to the output folder; `base_dir` is its absolute path.
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+ - `cc` and `subject` appear only when present, and `subject` only when it differs from `thread`.
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+ - `source` is `email` (a file you gave it), `attached_email`, or `quoted_only` (the original
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+ wasn't provided, so the message was rebuilt from a quote and its headers may be partial).
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+ - `date` is `null` with a `date_text` when the date couldn't be parsed.
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+ - `note` appears only on inline-reply messages.
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+
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+ ## Limits
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+
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+ - **Heuristics, not magic.** Unusual mail clients or heavily edited quotes can leave a bit of
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+ repeated text or split a message in the wrong place. `stats` tells you what was removed.
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+ - **A single `.eml` only contains what it quotes.** Replies on other branches of a
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+ conversation aren't in it. Give emlectomy more files (or an `.mbox`) to cover more.
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+ - **Formatting is plain text.** Colours and highlights (for example answers typed in yellow)
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+ are lost.
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+ - **`.msg`**: bodies come from the plain-text or HTML property; RTF-only messages aren't decoded.
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+ - **`.pst` / `.ost`** archives aren't supported. Export to `.mbox` or `.eml` first.
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+
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+ ## Development
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ python -m unittest discover -s tests # run the tests
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+ python tests/fixtures.py # regenerate examples/
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+ ```
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+
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+ The `.msg` tests use a small OLE writer in `tests/fixtures.py` rather than real Outlook files,
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+ so real-world `.msg` bug reports (with a sample, if you can share one) are especially welcome.
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+ Issues and pull requests are welcome.
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+
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+ ## License
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+
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+ [MIT](LICENSE)
emlectomy-0.1.0/emlectomy.egg-info/PKG-INFO ADDED
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+ Metadata-Version: 2.4
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+ Name: emlectomy
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+ Version: 0.1.0
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+ Summary: Surgical removal of the redundancy in an email chain: a clean thread.json + thread.html + attachments from .eml/.msg/.emlx/.mbox
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+ Author: Agustín Rojas
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+ License-Expression: MIT
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+ Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy
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+ Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy/issues
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+ Keywords: email,eml,msg,emlx,mbox,deduplication,email-thread,llm,ai-agents
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+ Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
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+ Classifier: Environment :: Console
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+ Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
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+ Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Communications :: Email
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Text Processing
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+ Requires-Python: >=3.9
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+ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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+ License-File: LICENSE
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+ Dynamic: license-file
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+
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+ # emlectomy
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+
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+ **Surgical removal of the redundancy in an email chain.**
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+
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+ [![tests](https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy/actions/workflows/tests.yml)
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+ [![license: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
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+ ![python 3.9+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.9%2B-blue.svg)
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+ ![dependencies: none](https://img.shields.io/badge/dependencies-none-brightgreen.svg)
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+
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+ Long reply-all chains repeat themselves. Every message quotes every earlier one, forwards
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+ stack up, signatures and legal disclaimers pile on, and the same PDF gets attached five
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+ times. That is painful to read and expensive to feed to an LLM.
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+
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+ `emlectomy` reads the mess and writes **one folder** with the conversation told once, in
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+ order, containing only what each person actually added:
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+
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+ ```
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+ python emlectomy.py reply.eml
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+ ```
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+
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+ ```
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+ emlectomy-out/reply/
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+ ├── thread.json for agents: chronological messages, only each one's new text
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+ ├── thread.html for humans: the same clean thread (attachments are links, never embedded)
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+ └── attachments/ every attached file, safe names, identical files stored once
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+ ```
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+
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+ <p align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy/main/docs/screenshot.png" alt="thread.html for a three-message budget chain" width="560"></p>
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+
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+ - **One file, zero dependencies.** Python 3.9+ standard library only. Copy `emlectomy.py` and run it.
52
+ - **Linux, macOS, Windows.** CI runs the tests on all three.
53
+ - **Reads** `.eml`, `.msg` (Outlook), `.emlx` (Apple Mail), `.mbox`, folders of them, or stdin.
54
+ - **Agent-friendly JSON.** Flat, chronological, stable field names, attachment paths that resolve.
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+
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+ ## Quick start
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ pipx install emlectomy # or: pip install emlectomy
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+ emlectomy reply.eml --open
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+ ```
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+
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+ No install needed either: grab [`emlectomy.py`](emlectomy.py) and run `python emlectomy.py reply.eml`.
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+ Try it on the samples in this repo:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ git clone https://github.com/agustinrojas1/emlectomy
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+ cd emlectomy
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+ python emlectomy.py examples/budget-thread.mbox --open
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+ ```
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+
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+ ```
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+ emlectomy FILE [FILE ...] [-o DIR] [--open] [--print-json] [--keep-signatures]
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+ ```
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+
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+ | Option | |
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+ |---|---|
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+ | `FILE` | Mail files or folders. `-` reads one from stdin. Several files are merged into one thread. |
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+ | `-o DIR` | Output folder. Default: `emlectomy-out/<file name>`. Re-running overwrites the previous output, and it refuses to write into a non-empty folder that isn't an earlier emlectomy output. |
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+ | `--open` | Open `thread.html` when done. |
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+ | `--print-json` | Also print `thread.json` to stdout (status goes to stderr). Handy for piping to an agent. |
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+ | `--keep-signatures` | Don't strip signatures and disclaimers. |
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+
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+ ## What it does
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+
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+ **Peels quoted history into separate messages.** `>` quotes at any depth, `On … wrote:`
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+ attributions (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch), Outlook
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+ `-----Original Message-----` and `From: / Sent: / To: / Subject:` blocks, forwarded-message
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+ blocks, and HTML replies (`blockquote`, Outlook's header block). Each older message gets its
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+ sender and date from the attribution or header block.
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+
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+ **Drops redundant copies.** A quoted message is removed when it is already in the thread,
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+ matched on normalised text (ignoring re-wrapping, `>` marks and whitespace), near-duplicate
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+ overlap and paragraph coverage, with sender and date as a sanity check. Two real emails are
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+ only merged when they share a `Message-ID`, or have the same text, sender and timestamp, so
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+ two different "Thanks!" replies stay separate.
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+
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+ **Strips boilerplate.** Signatures (`-- ` delimiter, or sign-off plus contact block), "Sent
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+ from my iPhone", confidentiality disclaimers, `[cid:…]` placeholders, "external email"
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+ banners, Outlook SafeLinks wrappers. Each person's signature is kept once under `participants`.
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+
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+ **Deduplicates attachments.** Identical files (SHA-256) are saved and listed once. Inline
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+ images (e.g. Gmail screenshots) are attached to the message that shows them, and the text
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+ points at the file: `[image: attachments/image (6).png]`.
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+
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+ **Handles inline replies.** When someone answers between quoted lines, the first quote level
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+ stays next to the answers so they still make sense, and anything quoted deeper is peeled off
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+ into its own older messages.
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+ Emails attached to other emails (an `.eml` forwarded as an attachment, or embedded in a
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+ `.msg`) are read as messages and merged into the thread rather than listed as files.
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+
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+ ## `thread.json`
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+
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+ ```json
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+ {
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+ "thread": "Q3 budget",
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+ "base_dir": "/abs/path/emlectomy-out/reply",
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+ "stats": {
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+ "emails_read": 3, "message_blocks_seen": 6, "messages_kept": 3,
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+ "redundant_copies_removed": 3, "signatures_removed": 0,
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+ "attachments_saved": 1, "duplicate_attachments_skipped": 2
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+ },
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+ "participants": [
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+ {"name": "Alice Johnson", "email": "alice@example.com", "signature": "…"}
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+ ],
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+ "messages": [
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+ {
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+ "id": 3,
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+ "from": "Alice Johnson <alice@example.com>",
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+ "to": ["Bob Smith <bob@example.com>"],
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+ "date": "2025-03-04T18:00:00+00:00",
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+ "text": "Agreed with Bob on travel. I will cut it by 30 percent…",
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+ "attachments": [
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+ {"name": "budget.pdf", "path": "attachments/budget.pdf",
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+ "mime": "application/pdf", "size": 45}
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+ ],
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+ "source": "email"
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+ }
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+ ]
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ - Messages are oldest first; `id` is the position.
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+ - Attachment `path`s are relative to the output folder; `base_dir` is its absolute path.
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+ - `cc` and `subject` appear only when present, and `subject` only when it differs from `thread`.
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+ - `source` is `email` (a file you gave it), `attached_email`, or `quoted_only` (the original
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+ wasn't provided, so the message was rebuilt from a quote and its headers may be partial).
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+ - `date` is `null` with a `date_text` when the date couldn't be parsed.
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+ - `note` appears only on inline-reply messages.
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+
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+ ## Limits
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+
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+ - **Heuristics, not magic.** Unusual mail clients or heavily edited quotes can leave a bit of
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+ repeated text or split a message in the wrong place. `stats` tells you what was removed.
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+ - **A single `.eml` only contains what it quotes.** Replies on other branches of a
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+ conversation aren't in it. Give emlectomy more files (or an `.mbox`) to cover more.
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+ - **Formatting is plain text.** Colours and highlights (for example answers typed in yellow)
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+ are lost.
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+ - **`.msg`**: bodies come from the plain-text or HTML property; RTF-only messages aren't decoded.
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+ - **`.pst` / `.ost`** archives aren't supported. Export to `.mbox` or `.eml` first.
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+
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+ ## Development
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ python -m unittest discover -s tests # run the tests
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+ python tests/fixtures.py # regenerate examples/
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+ ```
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+
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+ The `.msg` tests use a small OLE writer in `tests/fixtures.py` rather than real Outlook files,
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+ so real-world `.msg` bug reports (with a sample, if you can share one) are especially welcome.
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+ Issues and pull requests are welcome.
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+
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+ ## License
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+
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+ [MIT](LICENSE)
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