gmail.py

import imaplib
import email

#connect to gmail

mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com')
mail.login('[email protected]','yourPassWordPlease')
mail.select('inbox')
mail.list()

typ, data = mail.search(None, 'ALL')
for num in data[0].split():
    typ, data = mail.fetch(num, '(RFC822)')
typ, data = mail.search(None, 'ALL')
ids = data[0]
id_list = ids.split()

# get most recent email id
# Any Emails? 
if id_list:
    latest_email_id = int( id_list[-1] )
    for i in range( latest_email_id, latest_email_id-1, -1):
        typ, data = mail.fetch( i, '(RFC822)')
    for response_part in data:
        if isinstance(response_part, tuple):
            msg = email.message_from_string(response_part[1])
    varSubject = msg['subject']
    varFrom = msg['from']
    varFrom = varFrom.replace('<','')
    varFrom = varFrom.replace('>','')
    if len( varSubject ) >35: # Subject to large - turn the light off
        varSubject = '000'
else: #No Emails so turn the light off
    varSubject = '000'

#print the subject to test

print varSubject

#output the subject to the ledborg

LedBorg = open('/dev/ledborg', 'w')
LedBorg.write(varSubject)
del LedBorg
#Remove used emails from mailbox
typ, data = mail.search(None, 'ALL')
for num in data[0].split():
   mail.store(num, '+FLAGS', '\\Deleted')
mail.expunge()
mail.close()
mail.logout()

I have modified the script as follows

1. Indented correctly
2. Added If Else loop to check for empty mailbox and turn LED off if no emails
3. Added Section to empty mailbox after using them

Possible future ideas - if more then one email - I may add a section in to run a pulse script between the two colours.
Also a way for me to keep the LED on if I have not seen it (so a flag somewhere).

Thank you! - I'm going to add a link to this. I wondered about adding the option to make the LEDborg blink with the addition of a ! in the email subject - or the email being flagged as urgent.

Hi, thanks that would fine! I wont get more time to play tonight, but I do have some scripting that I will interject into this to get a multi-coloured fade going.

It's working! But now Google refuse connection from unsafe, as it's think, software and i don't know how to use this script now =(

Hi, i've tried the program but it gives me a imaplib error : command SELECT illegal in state NONAUTH, only allowed in states AUTH, SELECTED. I'm not good at python i really don't know what to do

Hi, i've tried the program but it gives me a imaplib error : command SELECT illegal in state NONAUTH, only allowed in states AUTH, SELECTED. I'm not good at python i really don't know what to do

Hi there, it's possible the library has changed a lot since this was written about 6 years ago.

I've also not used it for more than 5 years. However, I will try it when I get a chance and see if I can make some changes.