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reading only new messages in imaplib

Kartic removethis.kartic.krishnamurthy at gmail.com
Wed Feb 23 13:41:51 EST 2005 
Raghul said the following on 2/22/2005 11:24 PM:
> Is it posssible to read only the new messages or unread messages using
> imaplib in python? If it is possible pls specify the module or give a
> sample code.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 


import imaplib, sys

conn = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(host='mail.example.com')
# or conn =imaplib.IMAP4(host='mail.example.com') for no SSL

try:
	(retcode, capabilities) = conn.login('user', 'pass')
except:
	print sys.exc_info()[1]
	sys.exit(1)
conn.select(readonly=1) # Select inbox or default namespace
(retcode, messages) = conn.search(None, '(UNSEEN)')
if retcode == 'OK':
	for message in messages[0].split(' '):
		print 'Processing :', message
		(ret, mesginfo) = conn.fetch(message, '(BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (SUBJECT 
FROM)])')
		if ret == 'OK':
			print mesginfo,'\n',30*'-'
conn.close()


Please also go thru the IMAP RFC to learn more about the flags field and 
the IMAP protocol in general. If you're developing something serious 
using IMAP, it will be very beneficial to you to understand the protocol.

http://www.imap.org/papers/biblio.html

Thanks,
-Kartic
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