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Sample script for the mail gem.

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Aalessioalex
Last edited Aug 8, 2011
Created on Aug 8, 2011

This Ruby script demonstrates how to retrieve and display email metadata from a Gmail IMAP server. It uses the `mail` gem with the `Mail.defaults` retriever method, configuring IMAP options like server address, port, and SSL. The `Mail.find` API fetches the last 11 emails in descending order, then prints each message’s subject and sender. Command-line parsing via `optparse` allows the user to specify server, username, and password. The output is plain text, showing a simple list of email subjects and addresses.

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