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## 0_python_email.md

      
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                Use Python to send and receive emails
              
          
    Use Python to:

send a plain text email
send an email with attachment
receive and filter emails according to some criteria


## gmail_imap_example.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Very basic example of using Python and IMAP to iterate over emails in a
# gmail folder/label.  This code is released into the public domain.
#
# RKI July 2013
# http://www.voidynullness.net/blog/2013/07/25/gmail-email-with-python-via-imap/
#
import sys
import imaplib
	#!/usr/bin/env python
	#
	# Very basic example of using Python and IMAP to iterate over emails in a
	# gmail folder/label. This code is released into the public domain.
	#
	# RKI July 2013
	# http://www.voidynullness.net/blog/2013/07/25/gmail-email-with-python-via-imap/
	#
	import sys
	import imaplib