checkmail_simple.py

checkmail_simple.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from imapclient import IMAPClient
import sys
import time

DEBUG = True

HOSTNAME = 'imap.gmail.com'
USERNAME = 'your username here'
PASSWORD = 'your password here'
MAILBOX = 'Inbox'

NEWMAIL_OFFSET = 1   # my unread messages never goes to zero, yours might
MAIL_CHECK_FREQ = 60 # check mail every 60 seconds

def loop():
    server = IMAPClient(HOSTNAME, use_uid=True, ssl=True)
    server.login(USERNAME, PASSWORD)

    print('Logging in as ' + USERNAME)
    select_info = server.select_folder(MAILBOX)
    print('%d messages in INBOX' % select_info['EXISTS'])

    folder_status = server.folder_status(MAILBOX, 'UNSEEN')
    newmails = int(folder_status['UNSEEN'])

    print "You have", newmails, "new emails!"

    time.sleep(MAIL_CHECK_FREQ)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        print 'Press Ctrl-C to quit.'
        while True:
            loop()
    finally:
        sys.exit()