+from base64 import b64encode
+import md5
+
+import cgi
+import dbm
+
+from HTMLParser import HTMLParser
+
+entities = {
+    "amp": "&",
+    "lt": "<",
+    "gt": ">",
+    "pound": "£",
+    "copy": "©",
+    "apos": "'",
+    "quote": "\"",
+    "nbsp": " ",
+    }
+
+class HTML2Text(HTMLParser):
+    
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.inheadingone = False
+        self.inheadingtwo = False
+        self.inotherheading = False
+        self.inparagraph = True
+        self.inblockquote = False
+        self.inlink = False
+        self.text = ""
+        self.currentparagraph = ""
+        self.headingtext = ""
+        self.blockquote = ""
+        HTMLParser.__init__(self)
+
+    def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
+        if tag.lower() == "h1":
+            self.inheadingone = True
+            self.inparagraph = False
+        elif tag.lower() == "h2":
+            self.inheadingtwo = True
+            self.inparagraph = False
+        elif tag.lower() in ["h3", "h4", "h5", "h6"]:
+            self.inotherheading = True
+            self.inparagraph = False
+        elif tag.lower() == "a":
+            self.inlink = True
+        elif tag.lower() == "br":
+            if self.inparagraph:
+                self.text = self.text + "\n".join(textwrap.wrap(self.currentparagraph, 70))
+                self.currentparagraph = ""
+            elif self.inblockquote:
+                self.text = self.text + "\n> " + "\n> ".join([a.strip() for a in textwrap.wrap(self.blockquote, 68)])
+                self.blockquote = ""
+            else:
+                self.text = self.text + "\n"
+        elif tag.lower() == "blockquote":
+            self.inblockquote = True
+            self.text = self.text + "\n"
+        elif tag.lower() == "p":
+            if self.text != "":
+                self.text = self.text + "\n\n"
+            self.currentparagraph = ""
+            self.inparagraph = True
+
+    def handle_startendtag(self, tag, attrs):
+        if tag.lower() == "br":
+            if self.inparagraph:
+                self.text = self.text + "\n".join(textwrap.wrap(self.currentparagraph, 70))
+                self.currentparagraph = ""
+            elif self.inblockquote:
+                self.text = self.text + "\n> " + "\n> ".join([a.strip() for a in textwrap.wrap(self.blockquote, 68)])
+                self.blockquote = ""
+            else:
+                self.text = self.text + "\n"
+
+    def handle_endtag(self, tag):
+        if tag.lower() == "h1":
+            self.inheadingone = False
+            self.text = self.text + self.headingtext + "\n" + "=" * len(self.headingtext)
+            self.headingtext = ""
+        elif tag.lower() == "h2":
+            self.inheadingtwo = False
+            self.text = self.text + self.headingtext + "\n" + "-" * len(self.headingtext)
+            self.headingtext = ""
+        elif tag.lower() in ["h3", "h4", "h5", "h6"]:
+            self.inotherheading = False
+            self.text = self.text + self.headingtext + "\n" + "~" * len(self.headingtext)
+            self.headingtext = ""
+        elif tag.lower() == "p":
+            self.text = self.text + "\n".join(textwrap.wrap(self.currentparagraph, 70))
+            self.inparagraph = False
+        elif tag.lower() == "blockquote":
+            self.text = self.text + "\n> " + "\n> ".join([a.strip() for a in textwrap.wrap(self.blockquote, 68)])
+            self.inblockquote = False
+            self.blockquote = ""
+
+    def handle_data(self, data):
+        if self.inheadingone or self.inheadingtwo or self.inotherheading:
+            self.headingtext = self.headingtext + data.strip() + " "
+        elif self.inblockquote:
+            self.blockquote = self.blockquote + data.strip() + " "
+        elif self.inparagraph:
+            self.currentparagraph = self.currentparagraph + data.strip() + " "
+        else:
+            self.text = self.text + data.strip() + " "
+
+    def handle_entityref(self, name):
+        if entities.has_key(name.lower()):
+            self.text = self.text + entities[name.lower()]
+        else:
+            self.text = self.text + "&" + name + ";"
+
+    def gettext(self):
+        data = self.text
+        if self.inparagraph:
+            data = data + "\n".join(textwrap.wrap(self.currentparagraph, 70))
+        return data