initial commit with some handy email utilities

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+import poplib
+
+
+class MailInfo(object):
+    """
+    Class for storing mail's metadata
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.index = 0
+        self.size = 0
+        self.status = ""
+        self.data = ""
+
+class EmailClient(object):
+    def __init__(self, email_account, password):
+        self.email_account = email_account
+        self.password = password
+        self.server = self.connect(self)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def connect(self):
+        # parse the server's hostname from email account
+        pop3_server = 'pop.'+self.email_account.split('@')[-1]
+
+        server = poplib.POP3_SSL(pop3_server)
+
+        # display the welcome info received from server,
+        # indicating the connection is set up properly
+        print(server.getwelcome().decode('utf8'))
+
+        # authenticating
+        server.user(self.email_account)
+        server.pass_(self.password)
+
+        return server
+
+    def get_mail_count(self):
+        _, mails, _ = self.server.list()
+        return len(mails)
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    useraccount = "XXXXX"
+    password = "XXXXXX"
+
+    client = EmailClient(useraccount, password)
+    client.get_mail_count()
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