Python IMAP Client for Downloading Email to Text

email-scraper.py

import getpass, imaplib
import os
os.chdir("emails")

M = imaplib.IMAP4('<insert IMAP server domain>')
M.login('<insert email address>', '<insert email password>')
M.select()
typ, data = M.search(None, 'ALL')

#data is an array of strings with one element, the ids of emails split by spaces, ex: ["1 2 3 4 5"]
data = data[0].split() 

for each in data:
    #writing each email to its own file
    filename = str(each) + "-messageBody.txt"
    with open(filename,"w") as fo:
        typ, data = M.fetch(each, '(BODY.PEEK[TEXT])') #this is the weird message_parts imap standard -- I will never understand
        fo.write(data[0][1])

M.close()
M.logout()