read Gmail email like a boss

gistfile1.rb

# https://github.com/mikel/mail

require 'rubygems'
require 'gmail'
require 'mail'
 
gmail = Gmail.new('[email protected]', 'pass')

inbox  = gmail.mailbox('inbox')

for m in inbox.emails
  mail = Mail.read_from_string m.message

  p "subject: #{mail.subject}" 
  p "from: #{mail.from[0]}" 
  p "to: #{mail.to[0]}" 

  mail.attachments.each do | attachment |
    filename = attachment.filename
    begin
      File.open('files/' + filename, "w+b", 0644) {|f| f.write attachment.body.decoded}
    rescue Exception => e
      puts "Unable to save data for #{filename} because #{e.message}"
    end
  end

  exit

end

gmail.logout