Properly formatted example for Python iMAP email access?

tldr: Can someone show me how to properly format this Python iMAP example so it works?

from http://www.python.org/doc/2.5.2/lib/imap4-example.html "

import getpass, imaplib

M = imaplib.IMAP4()
M.login(getpass.getuser(), getpass.getpass())
M.select()
typ, data = M.search(None, 'ALL')
for num in data[0].split():
    typ, data = M.fetch(num, '(RFC822)')
    print 'Message %s\n%s\n' % (num, data[0][1])
M.close()
M.logout()

" Assuming my email is "email@gmail.com" and the password is "password," how should this look? I tried "M.login(getpass.getuser(email@gmail.com), getpass.getpass(password))" and it timed out. Complete newb here, so it's very likely I missed something obvious (like creating an iMAP object first? Not sure).

From stackoverflow

• Try:

  >>> import getpass
  >>> help(getpass)
  

• Did you forget to specify the IMAP host and port? Use something to the effect of:

  M = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL( 'imap.gmail.com' )
  

  or,

  M = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL()
  M.open( 'imap.gmail.com' )
  

• import imaplib
  
  # you want to connect to a server; specify which server
  server= imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.googlemail.com')
  # after connecting, tell the server who you are
  server.login('email@gmail.com', 'password')
  # this will show you a list of available folders
  # possibly your Inbox is called INBOX, but check the list of mailboxes
  code, mailboxen= server.list()
  print mailboxen
  # if it's called INBOX, then…
  server.select("INBOX")
  

  The rest of your code seems correct.

  ocdcoder : Just to save others time who might see this...it's "IMAP4_SSL" not just "IMAP_SSL".

  ΤΖΩΤΖΙΟΥ : @ocdcoder: nice catch, thanks.

• Here is a script I used to use to grab logwatch info from my mailbox. Presented at LFNW 2008 -

  #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  ''' Utility to scan my mailbox for new mesages from Logwatch on systems and then
      grab useful info from the message and output a summary page.
  
      by Brian C. Lane <bcl@brianlane.com>
  '''
  import os, sys, imaplib, rfc822, re, StringIO
  
  server  ='mail.brianlane.com'
  username='yourusername'
  password='yourpassword'
  
  M = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(server)
  M.login(username, password)
  M.select()
  typ, data = M.search(None, '(UNSEEN SUBJECT "Logwatch")')
  for num in data[0].split():
      typ, data = M.fetch(num, '(RFC822)')
  #   print 'Message %s\n%s\n' % (num, data[0][1])
  
      match = re.search( "^(Users logging in.*?)^\w",
            data[0][1],
            re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL )
      if match:
       file = StringIO.StringIO(data[0][1])
       message = rfc822.Message(file)
       print message['from']
       print match.group(1).strip()
       print '----'
  
  M.close()
  M.logout()