#!/usr/bin/python import imaplib import email import datetime def process_mailbox(M): rv, data = M.search(None, "UNSEEN") if rv != 'OK': print "No messages found!" return for num in data[0].split(): # rv, data = M.fetch(num, '(RFC822)') # mark us read rv, data = M.fetch(num, '(BODY.PEEK[])') # don't mark us read if rv != 'OK': print "ERROR getting message", num return msg = email.message_from_string(data[0][1]) print 'From:', msg['From'] print 'Subject: %s' % (msg['Subject']) date_tuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(msg['Date']) if date_tuple: local_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp( email.utils.mktime_tz(date_tuple)) print "Local Date:", local_date.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S") print M=imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("imap.whatever.com", 993) M.login("username","password") rv, data = M.select("INBOX") if rv == 'OK': process_mailbox(M) M.close() M.logout()