name = input("Enter file:") if len(name) < 1: name = "mbox-short.txt" handle = open(name) senders = dict() for line in handle: line = line.strip().split() if len(line) > 0: if line[0] == "From": email = line[1] senders[email] = senders.get(email, 0) + 1 largesender = None largecount = None for email,count in senders.items(): if largesender == None or count > largecount: largesender = email largecount = count print(largesender,largecount)