mail gem usage. Checking mail and reading attachemtns

gistfile1.rb

require 'mail'
                                                                                                                    
def create_observations(file)
#Here's were we create observations based on the file
end

Mail.defaults do
  retriever_method :pop3, :address => "pop.gmail.com",
    :port    => 995,
    :user_name => "email@gmail.com",
    :password => "*****",
    :enable_ssl => true
end

emails = Mail.find(:what => :last, :count => 10, :order => :asc)

emails.each do |mail|
  mail.attachments.each do | attachment |
    puts mail.from
    puts mail.date
    if (attachment.content_type.start_with?('text/'))
      filename = attachment.filename
      begin
        file = File.open(filename, "w+b", 0644)
        file.write attachment.body.decoded
        create_observations(file)
      rescue Exception => e
        puts "Unable to save data for #{filename} because #{e.message}"
      end 
    end 
  end 
end