get_texts.py~

import email, getpass, imaplib, os, re, string

detach_dir = '.' # directory where to save attachments (default: current)
user = 'fountainheadgame@gmail.com'
pwd = 'fountain2088'

# connecting to the gmail imap server
m = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("imap.gmail.com")
m.login(user,pwd)
m.select("[Gmail]/All Mail") # here you a can choose a mail box like INBOX instead
# use m.list() to get all the mailboxes

resp, items = m.search(None, '(SUBJECT "SMS")') # you could filter using the IMAP rules here (check http://www.example-code.com/csharp/imap-search-critera.asp)
items = items[0].split() # getting the mails id

for emailid in items:
    resp, data = m.fetch(emailid, "(RFC822)") # fetching the mail, "`(RFC822)`" means "get the whole stuff", but you can ask for headers only, etc
    email_body = data[0][2] # getting the mail content
    mail = email.message_from_string(email_body) # parsing the mail content to get a mail object

    t = re.search("\([0-9]{3}\)\s[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}", mail["Subject"])
    txt = t.group(0)
    txtnum = re.sub("\D", "", txt)
    
    print mail