#!/bin/python
# Expire articles from a hep feed, or more generally from a POP3 mailbox.
# (An ancestor of rawdog, I suppose...)
# Adam Sampson <ats@offog.org>

username = "azz"
password = "password"
count = 200

from poplib import POP3

pop = POP3("localhost", 5336)
pop.user(username)
pop.pass_(password)
list = pop.list()[1]
n = len(list) - count
if n < 0: n = 0
for x in list[:n]:
	num = int(x.split(" ")[0])
	pop.dele(num)
pop.quit()