awesome-wm-widgets/email-widget/read_unread_emails.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import imaplib
import email
import datetime

def process_mailbox(M):
    rv, data = M.search(None, "(UNSEEN)")
    if rv != 'OK':
        print "No messages found!"
        return

    for num in data[0].split():
        rv, data = M.fetch(num, '(BODY.PEEK[])')
        if rv != 'OK':
            print "ERROR getting message", num
            return
        msg = email.message_from_bytes(data[0][1])
        for header in [ 'From', 'Subject', 'Date' ]:
            hdr = email.header.make_header(email.header.decode_header(msg[header]))
            if header == 'Date':
                date_tuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(str(hdr))
                if date_tuple:
                    local_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(email.utils.mktime_tz(date_tuple))
                    print("{}: {}".format(header, local_date.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S")))
            else:
                print('{}: {}'.format(header, hdr)
        # with code below you can process text of email
        # if msg.is_multipart():
        #     for payload in msg.get_payload():
        #         if payload.get_content_maintype() == 'text':
        #             print  payload.get_payload()
        #         else:
        #             print msg.get_payload()


M=imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("mail.teenagemutantninjaturtles.com", 993)
M.login("mickey@tmnt.com","cowabunga")

rv, data = M.select("INBOX")
if rv == 'OK':
    process_mailbox(M)
M.close()
M.logout()