diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ nosetests.xml
 .mr.developer.cfg
 .project
 .pydevproject
+example.py
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d9a7c3..79bcdb2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
-mailbox
+Mailbox
 =======
 
 Small Python library for reading IMAP email boxes and parsing the content to JSON
+
+
+Usage 
+=====
+
+
+	from mailbox import MailBox
+
+	mailbox = MailBox('imap.gmail.com',
+				  username='username', 
+				  password='password',
+				  ssl=True)
+
+	unread = mailbox.get_unread()
+
+	for message in unread:
+		print message.json()
+
diff --git a/example.py b/example.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5ce304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, '/home/martin/mailbox')
+
+from mailbox import MailBox
+
+mailbox = MailBox('imap.gmail.com',
+				  username='username',
+				  password='password')
+
+unread = mailbox.get_unread()
+
+for message in unread:
+	print message.json()
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diff --git a/mailbox/__init__.py b/mailbox/__init__.py
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index 0000000..7c9d82d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mailbox/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from mailbox.imap import ImapTransport
+
+class MailBox(object):
+
+	def __init__(self, hostname, username=None, password=None, ssl=True):
+
+		server = ImapTransport(hostname, ssl=ssl)
+		self.connection = server.connect(username, password)
+
+
+	def get_unread(self):
+		return {}
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diff --git a/mailbox/imap.py b/mailbox/imap.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05c4a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mailbox/imap.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import email
+from imaplib import IMAP4, IMAP4_SSL
+
+
+class ImapTransport(object):
+	
+	def __init__(self, hostname, port=None, ssl=False):
+		self.hostname = hostname
+		self.port = port
+		
+		if ssl:
+			self.transport = IMAP4_SSL
+			if not self.port:
+				self.port = 993
+		else:
+			self.transport = IMAP4
+			if not self.port:
+				self.port = 143
+
+	def connect(self, username, password):
+		self.server = self.transport(self.hostname, self.port)
+		typ, msg = self.server.login(username, password)
+		self.server.select()
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29