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Python can be used to read emails by using the following steps:

Import the required Python libraries including imaplib, email, and datetime
Establish a connection to the email server using an IMAP protocol
Authenticate the user with their email credentials
Select the specific email folder to read emails from (e.g. Inbox)
Retrieve the email data and parse it using the email library to extract relevant information such as the sender, subject, body, and attachments
Convert the email data into a readable format (e.g. HTML, plain text)
Close the email connection

Here is an example of how to read and display the latest email from the Inbox folder:

import imaplib import email import datetime # Set email login credentials email_user = "your_email@example.com" email_pass = "your_password" # Set connection variables mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("imap.gmail.com") mail.login(email_user, email_pass) mail.select("Inbox") # Select Inbox folder # Search for the latest email date = (datetime.date.today() - datetime.timedelta(1)).strftime("%d-%b-%Y") result, data = mail.search(None, f'(SENTSINCE {date})') # Retrieve the latest email data latest_email_id = data[0].split()[-1] result, data = mail.fetch(latest_email_id, "(RFC822)") # Parse the email data raw_email = data[0][1] email_message = email.message_from_bytes(raw_email) email_subject = email_message["Subject"] email_from = email_message["From"] email_body = email_message.get_payload() # Display email information print(f"From: {email_from}") print(f"Subject: {email_subject}") print(f"Body:\n{email_body}") # Close the email connection mail.close() mail.logout()

Note: This example assumes that the emails are stored on a Gmail server and that the user has enabled IMAP access for their account. The code may need to be modified for other email providers or configurations.