gistfile1.txt

import imaplib
import getpass
import re
import webbrowser
import sys

mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com', 993)
pw = getpass.getpass() # get password
mail.login('example@gmail.com',pw)

# I think this is necessariy to refer to emails in the inbox. Doesn't seem to work without it.
status, count = mail.select ('INBOX')

dummy, [idsstr] = mail.search(None, "(SUBJECT \"is now following you on Twitter!\")");
idslist = [int(x) for x in idsstr.split()] # turns the "### ### ###" we get into [###, ###, ###]

if idslist == []:
    print "no new followers!"
    sys.exit()

ok, msglist = mail.fetch(",".join(idsstr.split()), '(UID BODY[TEXT])')

# it seems that msglist is a list of [useless, msg1, useless, msg2...]
def justMsgs(msglist): 
    if msglist == []: return []
    return [msglist[0][1]] + justMsgs(msglist[2:])

msgs = justMsgs(msglist)

webbrowser.open_new("https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/%22is+now+following+you+on+twitter%22+label%3Ainbox")
for msg in msgs:
    webbrowser.open_new_tab(re.findall("http://twitter.com/\w+", msg)[0])