working script

gmail_imap_size_search.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+#    BSD LICENSE:
+#    Copyright (c) 2011, Ricardo H Gracini Guiraldelli <rguira@acm.org>
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+
+import imaplib
+import re
+
+# connecting to GMail through IMAP4 and SSL
+imap_connection=imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com', 993)
+# requesting your e-mail address and password
+username = raw_input('E-mail address: ')
+# note that password will be shown while you type it in terminal
+password = raw_input('Password: ')
+# requesting the size in MB
+size = raw_input("From what size you wanna find (in MB)? ")
+# converting the number typed into megabytes
+size = int(size) * 1024 * 1024
+print "\tSize: %s bytes." % (size)
+# connecting to GMail IMAP server
+imap_connection.login(username,password)
+#getting the list of the directories in your e-mail
+status, boxes = imap_connection.list()
+box_number = 0
+# printing the boxes in the screen
+for box in boxes:
+    box_number = box_number + 1
+    print "%d. %s" % (box_number, box)
+# requesting to select a directory
+selected = raw_input("Which box you wanna select? ")
+directory_name = re.search("(?<=\"/\"\s\")(.*)(?=\"$)", boxes[int(selected) - 1])
+print "\tSelected direcory: '%s'" % (directory_name.group(0))
+# selecting the directory in the server
+status, count = imap_connection.select(directory_name.group(0))
+print "\tYou have %s messages in the GMail '%s' directory." % (count[0], directory_name.group(0))
+# preparing the search of the large e-mails
+search_query = "(LARGER " + str(size) + ")"
+# searching the e-mails
+status, uids = imap_connection.search(None, search_query)
+uids = uids[0].split()
+regex = re.compile('(?<=(Subject:\s))(.*)')
+# printing the subject of the e-mails found in the screen
+for uid in uids:
+    status, data = imap_connection.fetch(uid, '(BODY[HEADER])')
+    mail_header = regex.search(data[0][1])
+    print ('\t Message #%s Subject: \'%s\'.') % (uid, mail_header.group(0).strip())
+# logging out of the server
+imap_connection.close()
+imap_connection.logout()