from email.utils import parseaddr def generate_recipients(sender, to, ccs, current_user): result = {'single': None, 'all': {'to-field': [], 'cc-field': []}} to.append(sender) to = remove_duplicates(to) ccs = remove_duplicates(ccs) result['single'] = swap_recipient_if_needed(sender, remove_address(to, current_user), current_user) result['all']['to-field'] = remove_address(to, current_user) if len(to) > 1 else to result['all']['cc-field'] = remove_address(ccs, current_user) if len(ccs) > 1 else ccs return result def remove_duplicates(recipients): return list(set(recipients)) def remove_address(recipients, current_user): return [recipient for recipient in recipients if not parsed_mail_matches(recipient, current_user)] def parsed_mail_matches(to_parse, expected): return parseaddr(to_parse)[1] == expected def swap_recipient_if_needed(sender, recipients, current_user): if len(recipients) == 1 and parsed_mail_matches(sender, current_user): return recipients[0] return sender