def fetchmail(mail,first,last):
"""
Fetches all the mails in the inbox from a logged in imap server. Takes three arguments: imap server variable, starting date and end date.
Internally calls the makefile function.
"""
mail.select('inbox')
day,month,year = comparedate.breakdate(first)
date = datetime.date(year,month,day).strftime("%d-%b-%Y")
result, data = mail.uid('search', None, '(SENTSINCE {date})'.format(date=date))
if result!='OK':
sys.stderr.write('Error searching mailbox')
sys.exit(1)
idstring = data[0]
uids = idstring.split()
for i in uids:
res, data = mail.uid('fetch',i,'(RFC822)')
print '\nReading mail with id:',i
if res != 'OK':
print 'Error fetching mail'
continue
text = data[0][1]
msg = email.message_from_string(text)
match_date = re.search(r'\d+\s\w+\s\d+',msg['Date'])
date = match_date.group()
checkdate = comparedate.compare(date,last)
if checkdate == 1:
break
makefile(text,msg,i,date)
print 'Processed mail id '+ i
def main():
args = sys.argv[1:]
username = ''
password = ''
if len(args)==2:
username = args[0]
password = args[1]
else:
username =raw_input('Enter your email id: ')
print 'Password will not echo on the screen, keep typing!!!'
password = getpass.getpass('Enter password: '******'Enter date in the format : \'1 Jan 1990\''
print 'Leave empty to set it to yesterday'
d = datetime.timedelta(days=1)
first = raw_input('Enter start date: ')
print 'Leave empty to set it to today'
last = raw_input('Enter end date: ')
if not first:
first = (datetime.date.today() - d).strftime("%d %b %Y")
if not last:
last = datetime.date.today().strftime("%d %b %Y")
comparedates = comparedate.compare(first,last)
if comparedates == 1:
first,last = last,first
fetchmail(mail,first,last)
mail.close()
mail.logout()