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Distribution: Ubuntu Hardy Desktop, Solaris 10, Workstation 2008 x64
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I tried with a perl module called WWW::Scraper::Gmail but something is screwy
WWW::Scraper::Gmail::countMail() just returns 0 when there are messages or 0 when there arnt. I'm assuming this is deprecated but i would have liked a more customisable interface.
How about IMAP protocol in Gmail and fetchmail on your Linux?
~/.fetchmailrc:
poll imap.gmail.com with proto imap and options no dns
user "account@gmail.com" there is your-linux-account here options ssl keep pass your-gmail-password
Check mail without downloading and verbose option on:
fetchmail -c -v
Distribution: Ubuntu Hardy Desktop, Solaris 10, Workstation 2008 x64
Posts: 75
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I know, i was thinking that too, but i mean, thats really messy and inelegant
With perls extensability, web handling and xml processing, I'd hav thought that it would be a breeze. Guess not.
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