DAN FOLKES

try:
        import poplib, sys, time
        import string, random
        import StringIO, rfc822
        import datetime
        SERVER = "pop.gmail.com"
        USER  = "gmailusername"
        PASSWORD = "gmailpassword"
        i = 0;
        print """
        |------------------------------------------|
        |  This is a python program that checks a  |
        |  POP account and if there is a message,  |
        |  it adds it to the SQL server.           |
        |------------------------------------------|
                  by: Daniel Folkes
                         email: danfolkes@gmail.com
 
        (every 180 seconds)
        Checking POP server....
"""
        while 1:
                try:
                        server = poplib.POP3_SSL(SERVER, 995)
                        server.user(USER)
                        server.pass_(PASSWORD)
                except:
                        print "error setting up server."
 
 
                resp, items, octets = server.list()
                # download a random message
                try:
                        id, size = string.split(items[0])
                        resp, text, octets = server.retr(id)
 
                        text = string.join(text, "\n")
                        file = StringIO.StringIO(text)
                        note = ""
                        name = ""
                        message = rfc822.Message(file)
                        for k, v in message.items():
                                if k=='from':
                                                name = v[:12]
                        note = message.fp.read()[:50]
                        print "note: ", note
                        server.dele(1) #this will delete the message after you read it
                        server.quit()
                #-------------------------------------------
                        if note !="":
                                import MySQLdb
                                db = MySQLdb.connect(host="localhost", user="USERNAME", passwd="PASSWORD",db="DATABASENAME")
 
                                cur2 = db.cursor()
                                if name:
                                        cur2.execute("INSERT INTO note (note, name) VALUES (%s, %s)", (note, name))
                                else:
                                        cur2.execute("INSERT INTO note (note) VALUES (%s)", (note))
                except:
                        i+=1
                        #print "Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0]
                        time.sleep(1800)
except:
        print "Failed Unexpectedly"