Python script to mine IMAP Mail servers, such as yahoo, gmail etc. Edit the IMAP server name to mine a particular mail service.

imapMailboxMiner.py

# imapMailboxMiner.py
# Python 2.7.6

"""
Connect to IMAP4 server and fetch mails
http://www.voidynullness.net/blog/2013/07/25/gmail-email-with-python-via-imap/
"""

import imaplib  # Library to interact with IMPAP server
import sys
# my reusable library to prompt password using tkinter
from Commonlib.tk_PromptPassword import prompt_password


# IMAP4 server for gmail
# IMAP_server = "imap.gmail.com"  # gmail IMAP server
IMAP_server = "imap.mail.yahoo.com"  # Yahoo IMAP server
mail_id = "<mail_id>@yahoo.com"


if __name__ == "__main__":
    """
    Entry block of the script
    """

    # Instantiate IMAP4 interface
    imap = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(IMAP_server)

    # Instantiate the tkinter class to prompt for password
    ui = prompt_password("IMAP Mailbox Password")
    pwd = ui.get_password()

    # login to the server
    try:
        status, summary = imap.login(mail_id, pwd)
        if status == "OK":
            print(summary)
    except imaplib.IMAP4.error:
        print("Error logging into Mail")
        sys.exit(0)  # Successful termination

    # Get list of mailboxes in server
    status, mailboxes = imap.list()
    if status == "OK":
        print("***List of mailboxes***")
        for index, mailbox in enumerate(mailboxes):
            print index + 1, mailbox
    else:
        print("Error retreiving mailbox information - {}".format(status))

    # Connect to a particular mailbox
    status, data = imap.select("Inbox")  # inbox name from list() used above
    if status == "OK":
        print("No of items in mailbox: {}".format(data))
        # Process the mailbox

        imap.close()

    # Logout of the IMAP server
    imap.logout()

Cannot install Commonlib . . . . any idea why that is?

Commonlib, is a custom library i have created to prompt for password whenever I run the program, in order to avoid storing passwords in the computer. You can explore other methods for password prompts.

Cannot install Commonlib . . . . any idea why that is?

You can use getpass for getting password with echo off.