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April 30, 2012 21:13
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import email, getpass, imaplib, os | |
detach_dir = '.' # directory where to save attachments (default: current) | |
user = raw_input("Enter your GMail username:") | |
pwd = getpass.getpass("Enter your password: ") | |
# connecting to the gmail imap server | |
m = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("imap.gmail.com") | |
m.login(user,pwd) | |
m.select("[Gmail]/Spam") # here you a can choose a mail box like INBOX instead | |
# use m.list() to get all the mailboxes | |
resp, items = m.search(None, "ALL") # you could filter using the IMAP rules here (check http://www.example-code.com/csharp/imap-search-critera.asp) | |
items = items[0].split() # getting the mails id | |
for emailid in items: | |
resp, data = m.fetch(emailid, "(RFC822)") # fetching the mail, "`(RFC822)`" means "get the whole stuff", but you can ask for headers only, etc | |
email_body = data[0][1] # getting the mail content | |
#Check if its already there | |
att_path = "spam/" + emailid + ".txt" | |
if not os.path.isfile(att_path) : | |
# finally write the stuff | |
fp = open(att_path, 'wb') | |
fp.write(email_body) | |
fp.close() |
@asreerama I haven't used this in many years, but one of the requirements is to enable "less secure applications" or something like that on the gmail settings.
Besides this script, it should work with any IMAP client
Hi
Hi
Thank you!! this script was simple and awesome, it totally works when gmail has less secure applications enabled
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gmail doesnt allow this kind of sign in anymore :(
Any work arounds ??