A very simple example... import imaplib m = imap.IMAP4(<myserver ip or host>) m.login(username,password) m.select('myfolder') status, data = m.search(None,'(SUBJECT "BIKES")') assert status=='OK', "Error. Message: %s"%data data = data[0] #you get your results in a list and search returns only one result assert data,"No results" #cool, we have results, but IMAP's search command only returns IDs so we have to fetch #msgs now status,senders = m.fetch(data.replace(' ',','),'(BODY.PEEK[HEADER.FIELDS (FROM)])') assert status=='OK', "Error. Message: %s"%data
Now you just have to parse the "senders" data. There are many examples about sending emails with python, like this one: def send_notice(): import smtplib msg = 'we got your mail, indeed' from email.MIMEText import MIMEText mail = MIMEText(msg, 'plain', 'utf-8') mail['From'] =fro='[EMAIL PROTECTED]' mail['Subject'] = "Spam machine" mail['To'] = to = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost') errors = server.sendmail(fro, to, mail.as_string()) server.quit() That other program should be very simple to make now. Sebastjan On 3/24/06, Kun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, I would like to have a code in python (as simple as possible) > to scan a specific folder in my mailbox and if the subject is equal to, > say, 'BIKES', I would like to have the code automatically send the > SENDER an email saying something like "We have received your Email". > Furthermore, I would also like to somehow save the sender's email into a > list which would be compiled by another python program into an html file > that would show a list of email addresses whose subject matched 'BIKE' > > I know i am asking for a lot but since i am new to python, can someone > help me out with this? Whether its tips or code, i'll be very excited to > hear your answer. Thanks. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list