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# scan pop email box, fetching just headers, allowing
# deletions without downloading the complete message
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import poplib, getpass, sys
mailserver = 'your pop email server name here' # pop.rmi.net
mailuser = 'your pop email user name here' # brian
mailpasswd = getpass.getpass('Password for %s?' % mailserver)
print 'Connecting...'
server = poplib.POP3(mailserver)
server.user(mailuser) 
server.pass_(mailpasswd) 
try:
 print server.getwelcome()
 msgCount, mboxSize = server.stat()
 print 'There are', msgCount, 'mail messages, size ', mboxSize
 msginfo = server.list()
 print msginfo
 for i in range(msgCount):
 msgnum = i+1
 msgsize = msginfo[1][i].split()[1]
 resp, hdrlines, octets = server.top(msgnum, 0) # get hdrs only
 print '-'*80
 print '[%d: octets=%d, size=%s]' % (msgnum, octets, msgsize) 
 for line in hdrlines: print line
 if raw_input('Print?') in ['y', 'Y']:
 for line in server.retr(msgnum)[1]: print line # get whole msg
 if raw_input('Delete?') in ['y', 'Y']:
 print 'deleting'
 server.dele(msgnum) # delete on srvr
 else:
 print 'skipping'
finally: 
 server.quit() # make sure we unlock mbox
raw_input('Bye.') # keep window up on windows