Empty a POP3 account

empty_pop3_account.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import getpass
import poplib

if len(sys.argv) != 3:
    print("{0} <POP3 host> <username>".format(sys.argv[0]))
    sys.exit(1)

HOST = sys.argv[1]
USER = sys.argv[2]

pop = poplib.POP3(HOST)
pop.user(USER)
pop.pass_(getpass.getpass())

unread = [int(x.split()[0]) for x in pop.list()[1]]
unread_count = len(unread)
if unread_count < 1:
    print("No messages.")
    sys.exit(0)

confirm = input("{0} unread messages will be deleted, are you sure? (y/n) ".format(unread_count))
if confirm != 'y':
    print("Aborting.")
    sys.exit(0)

print("Deleting...")

for i in unread:
    pop.dele(i)

pop.quit()
print("Done.")