Gmail checker

import email, getpass, imaplib, os, time

# Declare functions here
def move_forward():
        print "MOVE FORWARD"
def move_backward():
        print "MOVE BACKWARD"
def move_left():
        print "MOVE LEFT"
def move_right():
        print "MOVE RIGHT"

# END of functions declarations

user = "USERNAME" #Change this
pwd = "PASSWORD" #Change this

m = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("imap.gmail.com")
m.login(user,pwd)
#m.select("Inbox")
#unread_messages = m.status('INBOX', "(UNSEEN)")
#unreadcount = unread_messages[0].split()[2].strip(').,]')
var = 1
while var == 1:
        os.system('clear')
        m.select("Inbox")
        status, unreadcount = m.status('INBOX', "(UNSEEN)")
        unreadcount = int(unreadcount[0].split()[2].strip(').,]'))
        print "Unread Messages: " + str(unreadcount)
        if unreadcount > 0:
                items = m.search(None, "UNSEEN")
                #print items
                items = str(items[1]).strip('[\']').split(' ')
                #items = items[1].split(' ')
                #print items
                for index, emailid in enumerate(items):
                        #print "emailid: " + emailid
                        resp, data = m.fetch(emailid, "(RFC822)")
                        #print str(data) + "\n"
                        email_body = data[0][1]
                        mail = email.message_from_string(email_body)

                        if mail["Subject"] == 'robot instructions':
                                print "From: " + mail["From"] + "\n"
                                print "Subject: " + mail["Subject"] + "\n\n"
                                for part in mail.walk():
                                        if part.get_content_type() == 'text/plain':
                                                body = part.get_payload()
                                                #  For each line in message execute instructions
                                                counter = 1
                                                for line in body.split('\r\n'):
                                                        counter = counter + 1
                                                        #print "Instruction " + str(counter) + ": " + line
                                                        if line == "forward":
                                                                move_forward()
                                                        elif line == "backward":
                                                                move_backward()
                                                        elif line == "left":
                                                                move_left()
                                                        elif line == "right":
                                                                move_right()
        time.sleep(5)