• Download e-mail from Google

import imaplib
mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com')
mail.login('eagletiger1@gmail.com', '********')
mail.list()
# Out: list of "folders" aka labels in gmail.
mail.select("inbox") # connect to inbox.

result, data = mail.uid('search', None, '(FROM "danielsammons@gmail.com")') # search and return uids instead

latest_email_uid = data[0].split()[-1]
result, data = mail.uid('fetch', latest_email_uid, '(RFC822)')

raw_email = data[0][1]

import email
email_message = email.message_from_string(raw_email)

print email_message['To']

print email.utils.parseaddr(email_message['From'])

maintype = email_message.get_content_maintype()
if maintype == 'multipart':
    for part in email_message.get_payload():
        if part.get_content_maintype() == 'text':
            print part.get_payload()
            break
elif maintype == 'text':
    email_message.get_payload()
			

• Download e-mail from ECSU e-mail

import imaplib
mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('pod51004.outlook.com')
mail.login('lchen@ecsu.edu', '********')
mail.list()
# Out: list of "folders" aka labels in gmail.
mail.select("inbox") # connect to inbox.

result, data = mail.uid('search', None, '(FROM "lchen@ecsu.edu")') # search and return uids instead
#result, data = mail.uid('search', None, '(FROM "danielsammons@gmail.com")') # search and return uids instead

latest_email_uid = data[0].split()[-1]
result, data = mail.uid('fetch', latest_email_uid, '(RFC822)')

raw_email = data[0][1]

import email
email_message = email.message_from_string(raw_email)

print email_message['To']

print email.utils.parseaddr(email_message['From']) # for parsing "Yuji Tomita" 

maintype = email_message.get_content_maintype()
if maintype == 'multipart':
    for part in email_message.get_payload():
        if part.get_content_maintype() == 'text':
            print part.get_payload()
            break
elif maintype == 'text':
    email_message.get_payload()