gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python

import imaplib
import optparse
import subprocess
import sys

op = optparse.OptionParser()
op.add_option("--username", dest="username", help="IMAP username")
op.add_option("--password", dest="password", help="IMAP password")
op.add_option("--mailgate", dest="mailgate", help="Path to rt-mailgate")
op.add_option("--url", dest="url", help="RT URL")

(options, args) = op.parse_args()

def exit_with_error(message=None):
    if message:
        sys.stderr.write("{}\n".format(message))
    sys.exit(2)

imaps = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("imap.gmail.com")

# Log into IMAP account
result = imaps.login(options.username, options.password)
if result[0] != "OK":
    exit_with_error("Unable to login to mail server")

# List subfolders
result = imaps.list("rt")
for mailbox in result[1]:
    mbox = mailbox.split()[2].strip('"')
    if mbox == "rt":
        continue

    try:
        _,queue,action = mbox.split("/")
    except ValueError:
        _,queue = mbox.split("/")
        action = "correspond"
    RT_MAILGATE = "{} --url {} --queue {} --action {}".format(options.mailgate, options.url, queue, action)

    imaps.select(mbox)
    _,result = imaps.search(None, "(UNSEEN)")
    for idx in result[0].split():
        _,message = imaps.fetch(idx, '(RFC822)')
        mg = subprocess.Popen(RT_MAILGATE.split(" "), stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=None)
        mg.stdin.write(message)
        mg.stdin.close()

        imaps.store(idx, "+FLAGS", r"\Seen")