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Created September 18, 2012 04:06
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  1. mrtazz created this gist Sep 18, 2012.
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    #!/usr/bin/env python
    """
    small script to check for unread count on imap inbox
    """
    import imaplib

    IMAPSERVER = ''
    USER = ''
    PASSWORD = ''

    try:
    mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(IMAPSERVER)
    mail.login(USER, PASSWORD)
    mail.select("inbox", True) # connect to inbox.
    return_code, mail_ids = mail.search(None, 'UnSeen')
    count = len(mail_ids[0].split(" "))
    except:
    count = 0

    print count