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diff --git a/emailcanary/emailutils.py b/emailcanary/emailutils.py
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+import imaplib, email
+
+def get_imap(account):
+	'''Connect and login via IMAP'''
+	mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(account[0])
+	mail.login(account[1],  account[2])
+	return mail
+
+def get_mail_uids(mail):
+	'''Return a list of message UIDs in the inbox'''
+	mail.select("inbox") # connect to inbox.
+	result, data = mail.uid('search', None, "ALL") # search and return uids instead
+	return data[0].split()
+
+def get_message(mail, uid):
+	'''Get a single email message object by UID'''
+	result, data = mail.uid('fetch', uid, '(RFC822)')
+	raw_email = data[0][1]
+	return email.message_from_string(raw_email)
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