Function readMails

Mail_Checker/mail_checker.py:16–42

(address)

def readMails(address):
    result, data = mail.search(None, '(FROM '+'"'+address+'")')         #If you would like to view mails that are sent to another mail, change FROM into TO 

    ids = data[0]  # data is a list.
    id_list = ids.split()  
    latest_email_id = id_list[-1]  # gets the latest mail from the particular user

   
    result, data = mail.fetch(latest_email_id, "(RFC822)")

    
    basic_email = data[0][1]
    # contains all information including payloads and html content

    index_start1 = basic_email.index(b'Subject')           #Starting index for your subject
    index_end1 = index_start1 + 40                         # Change the value of 40 into any other value to suit your preferences
    

    subject = basic_email[index_start1:index_end1]           #seperating the subject alone from the rest of the basic email
    

    
    subject = subject.strip(b'b\'Subject:')               #removing additional unneccessary data from the subject
    subject_end = subject.index(b'\r')

    print('-------FROM '+address+'-------\n\n')                        #Printing the emails
    print("Subject: ", subject[0:subject_end], '\n\n')