Maybe this will be useful?

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# A small script to pull unread email counts from servers in .authinfo
+
+from imaplib import IMAP4_SSL
+from subprocess import check_output
+
+# Server
+servers=["posteo","gmail"]
+result = []
+# Decrypt the file, split the lines
+data = check_output(["gpg","--decrypt",".authinfo.gpg"]).decode('utf-8').split('\n')
+# Collect results
+for server in servers:
+    # Get password and username
+    line = [l for l in data if ("imap" in l and server in l)][0].split()
+    host,user,password = line[1], line[3], line[5]
+    # Login
+    imap = IMAP4_SSL(host)
+    imap.login(user,password)
+    imap.select("INBOX", 1)
+    # Count emails
+    _, res = imap.search(None, "UNSEEN")
+    count = len(res[0].split())
+    imap.logout()
+    # Store count if there's something
+    if count>0: result.append(user+": "+str(count))
+# What did we find
+print(", ".join(result))