import imaplib
import serial
imap_server = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("imap.gmail.com",993)
imap_server.login('hackersworkbench0@gmail.com', 'mypassword')
imap_server.select('INBOX')
status, response = imap_server.status('INBOX', "(UNSEEN)") #returns ['"INBOX" (UNSEEN 1)'] for 1 unread message
unreadcount = response[0].strip('"()INBOX UNSEEN') #puts number of unread messages into "unreadcount" as string
unreadcountint = int(unreadcount)
ser = serial.Serial('\\.\COM3', 4800, timeout=1)
i=0
while 1:
	ser.write(chr(0x55))
	ser.write(chr(0x55))
	ser.write(chr(0xff))
	ser.write(chr(0x00))
	ser.write(chr(0xfe))
	ser.write(chr(unreadcountint))
	i=i+1
	if i==1000:
		status, response = imap_server.status('INBOX', "(UNSEEN)") #returns ['"INBOX" (UNSEEN 1)'] for 1 unread message
		unreadcount = response[0].strip('"()INBOX UNSEEN') #puts number of unread messages into "unreadcount" as string
		unreadcountint = int(unreadcount)
		i=0