gistfile1.py

import sys
import urllib             # For BasicHTTPAuthentication
import feedparser         # For parsing the feed
from textwrap import wrap

_URL = "https://mail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom"

users = [['usernames'],['passwords'],['name for each account']]

	
def auth(i):
    '''The method to do HTTPBasicAuthentication'''
    urllib.FancyURLopener.prompt_user_passwd = lambda self, host, realm: (users[0][i], users[1][i])
    opener = urllib.FancyURLopener()
    f = opener.open(_URL)
    feed = f.read()
    return feed


def readmail(feed, i):
    '''Parse the Atom feed and print a summary'''
    atom = feedparser.parse(feed)
    if(len(atom.entries) > 0):
        rtrn = '%s: %s' % (users[2][i], len(atom.entries))
        cnt = len(atom.entries)
        return rtrn, cnt
    else:
        return 0, 0

if __name__ == "__main__":
    count = 0
    out = ""
    for item in range(len(users[0])):
        f = auth(item)  # Do auth and then get the feed
        m, cnt = readmail(f, item) # Let the feed be chewed by feedparser
        count = count + cnt
        if(m != 0):
            if(item != 0 and len(out) > 0):
            	out += ", "
            out += m
    if(count == 0):
        print "No new mail"
    else:
    	if(count != 1):
    	    print `count` + " new emails (" + out + ")"
    	else:
            print `count` + " new email (" + out + ")"