import email from poplib import POP3, POP3_SSL class Pop3Transport(object): def __init__(self, hostname, port=None, ssl=False): self.hostname = hostname self.port = port if ssl: self.transport = POP3_SSL if not self.port: self.port = 995 else: self.transport = POP3 if not self.port: self.port = 110 def connect(self, username, password): self.server = self.transport(self.hostname, self.port) self.server.user(username) self.server.pass_(password) def get_message(self): message_count = len(self.server.list()[1]) for i in range(message_count): try: msg_contents = "\r\n".join(self.server.retr(i + 1)[1]) message = email.message_from_string(msg_contents) yield message except email.Errors.MessageParseError: continue self.server.dele(i + 1) self.server.quit() return