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+(ns mailhead.parser
+  (:require 
+   [clojure.reflect :as r])
+  (:use [clojure.contrib.java-utils :only [as-properties]]
+        [clojure.java.io :only [input-stream file]]
+        [clojure.pprint :only [print-table]])
+  (:import 
+   (javax.mail Session)
+   (javax.mail.internet MimeMessage)
+   (javax.mail.internet InternetHeaders)))
+
+(def session
+  (Session/getDefaultInstance 
+   (as-properties [["mail.store.protocol" "imaps"]])))
+
+(defn all-headers [message]
+  (let [headers (enumeration-seq (:allHeaders (bean message)))]
+    (map (fn [header]
+           (assoc {} (.getName header) (.getValue header)))
+         headers)))
+
+(defn )
+
+(defn parse-from-string [email-string]
+  (let [email-stream (java.io.ByteArrayInputStream. (.getBytes email-string))]
+    (all-headers (MimeMessage. session email-stream))))
+
+(defn parse-from-file [filename]
+  (all-headers (MimeMessage. session (input-stream filename))))