#!/usr/bin/python
# Lists incoming messages waiting on a POP3 account
# usage: email.py popserver account password
import poplib, string, sys

popserver= sys.argv[1]
account= sys.argv[2]
password= sys.argv[3]

M = poplib.POP3(popserver)
M.user(account)
M.pass_(password)
Mlist= M.list()
numMessages = len(Mlist[1])
for i in range(numMessages):
    line= ''
    for j in M.retr(i+1)[1]:
        ix= string.find(j, ':')
        if ix<0:  continue
        hfield= j[:ix]
        if (hfield=='From') or (hfield=='Subject') or (hfield=='Date'):
            value= j[ix+1:]
            line= line+ value+ '\t'
    print line