thomaswieland

Each existing unread and subsequent new emails after the script is started are 
passed as Mail objects to "process_email" function.Function header is provided
but processing implementation is left to the user. Error logs are currently sent
to a rotating log file (in the same directory as the script) and to STDOUT. 
Instead of polling or checking the server for new emails every now and then,
IMAP IDLE check is utilized.  Ensure that the IMAP server supports IDLE command
and allows at least 5 minutes of idling*** and uses the default ports for this 
script to work. Tested to work with Gmail and default installations of MS 
Exchange Server.

thomaswieland

import imaplib2, time
from threading import *
 
# This is the threading object that does all the waiting on 
# the event
class Idler(object):
    def __init__(self, conn):
        self.thread = Thread(target=self.idle)
        self.M = conn
        self.event = Event()