Poplib not working correctly?

Question

I want to get all the messages from my gmail inbox, but I am facing 2 problems.

It does not get all the emails, (as per the count in stat function)
The order of emails it get is random.

I am unsure if its the problem with poplib or gmail pop server.

What am I missing here?

Why is it non-programming? poplib is a python standard library. — Mohit Ranka, Mar 06 '09 at 08:05
Mohit: we need a bit more info, can you paste some code? It's not clear how you are getting the list (with stat/list/etc.) — Ali Afshar, Mar 06 '09 at 11:23

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '09 at 21:19

What does your code look like? Using poplib, you're able to decide on the order and number of the messages downloaded. The code from the poplib documentation should work:

import getpass, poplib

M = poplib.POP3('localhost')
M.user(getpass.getuser())
M.pass_(getpass.getpass())
numMessages = len(M.list()[1])
for i in range(numMessages):
    for j in M.retr(i+1)[1]:
        print j

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '09 at 21:39

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You can also try imaplib module since GMail also provides access to email via IMAP protocol.

answered Mar 09 '09 at 21:39

Eugene Morozov

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '09 at 12:28

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Why don't you try to use libgmail?

answered Mar 06 '09 at 12:28

Rodrigo

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libgmail will limit the scope to gmail alone, which does not serve the purpose – Mohit Ranka Mar 06 '09 at 13:43

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 03 '11 at 18:20

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It's the problem of gmail: https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13291

Try to use recent:username@gmail.com as your email address. At least you'll have all your last month mail in correct order.

answered Jun 03 '11 at 18:20

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Poplib not working correctly?

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