Email activation in bots.

I making a bot that signs up to a particular website and I would like to know how to process the activation link.
Basically has anyone dealt with automated email activation,
-How do you get the activation link from the mailbox
- what mail service did you use

I know there is hard method of basically creating javascript code to check an inbox of a mailbox and click the link, but i am hoping for some tips, guidlines etc.

Oops! Replied to wrong thread (seems I am the noob here)

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