Reading an email

In this recipe, we'll see how to read emails from an account. We'll use the IMAP4 standard, which is the most commonly used standard for reading email.

Once read, the email can be processed and analyzed automatically to generate actions such as smart automated responses, forwarding the email to a different target, aggregating the results for monitoring, and so on. The options are unlimited!

Getting ready

For this recipe, we'll need an email account with a service provider. There are small differences based on the provider to use, but we'll use a Gmail account, as it is very common and free to access.

Due to Gmail's security, we'll need to create a specific app password to use...