Read Emails from Email Server using IMAP in Python

readme.md

Learn how to read emails from email server via IMAP in Python: https://blog.aspose.com/2021/12/17/read-emails-using-imap-in-python/

connect-email-server-imap.py

from aspose.email import SecurityOptions, ImapClient

# create an instance of ImapClient and provide host, port, username and password
client = ImapClient("imap.domain.com", 993, "user@domain.com", "password")

# set security options
client.security_options = SecurityOptions.SSLIMPLICIT

# use ImapClient object to access mailbox

get-folder-list-imap.py

from aspose.email import ImapClient

# create an instance of ImapClient and provide host, port, username and password
with ImapClient("imap.gmail.com", 993, "username", "password") as client:

    # get list of folders
    folderInfoColl = client.list_folders()

    # iterate through the collection to get folders' info one by one
    for folderInfo in folderInfoColl:
        print("Folder name is " + folderInfo.name)
        folderExtInfo = client.get_folder_info(folderInfo.name)
        print("New message count: " + str(folderExtInfo.new_message_count))
        print("Is it readonly? " + str(folderExtInfo.read_only))
        print("Total number of messages " + str(folderExtInfo.total_message_count))
    

read-emails-imap.py

from aspose.email import ImapClient

# create an instance of ImapClient and provide host, port, username and password
with ImapClient("imap.gmail.com", 993, "username", "password") as client:

        # select folder
        client.select_folder("Inbox")

        # read each message in collection
        for msg in client.list_messages():
            print( "From: '{}', MIME Id: {}".format(msg.from_address, msg.message_id) )
            
            # save message on disk
            client.save_message(msg.unique_id, msg.unique_id + "_out.eml")

select-folder-imap.py

from aspose.email import ImapClient

# create an instance of ImapClient and provide host, port, username and password
with ImapClient("imap.gmail.com", 993, "username", "password") as client:

    # select the folder from mailbox
    client.select_folder("Inbox")