Show unread email count via IMAP.

unread_email_count_via_imap.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import imaplib
import sys

class MailHandler:
	def CheckUnread(self, username, password):
		imapConnection = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('your.mailserver.com',993)
		imapConnection.login (username, password)
		imapConnection.select()
		mailCount = len(imapConnection.search(None, 'UNSEEN')[1][0].split())
		if mailCount > 0:
			print str(mailCount) + ' : ' + username

MyMail = MailHandler()

MyMail.CheckUnread('john.doe@mailserver.com','password')