pythonemailsmtpsmtplibyandex

How to read email using python and smtplib

Found a lot of examples how to send mail, but how can I read inbox? For example yandex.

import smtplib as smtp

email = "me@example.com"
password = "password"

server = smtp.SMTP_SSL('smtp.yandex.com')
server.set_debuglevel(1)
server.ehlo(email)
server.login(email, password)
server.auth_plain()
# server.get_and_print_your_inbox_magic_method()
server.quit()
Solution

  • The SMTP protocol is for sending mails. If you want to look at your inbox - aka receive mails - you need to use POP3 or IMAP.

    But just like smtplib, Python also has imaplib for IMAP and poplib for POP3.