    # File lib/vmail/options.rb, line 21
        def parse(argv)
          OptionParser.new do |opts|
            opts.banner = "Usage:  vmail [ options ] [ limit ] [ imap search query ]"
            opts.separator ""
            opts.separator "Specific options:"
            opts.on("-c", "--config path", String, "Path to config file") do |config_file|
              @config_file = config_file
            end
            opts.on("-t", "--contacts path", String, "Path to contacts file") do |file|
              @contacts_file = file
            end
            opts.on("-g[n]", "--getcontacts[n]", Integer, "Generate contacts file. n is number of emails to scan (default 500).") do |n|
              @get_contacts = true
              @max_messages_to_scan = n || 500
            end
            opts.on("-v", "--version", "Show version") do
              require 'vmail/version'
              puts "vmail #{Vmail::VERSION}\nCopyright 2010 Daniel Choi under the MIT license"
              exit
            end
            opts.on("-h", "--help", "Show this message") do
              puts opts
              exit
            end
            opts.separator ""
            opts.separator INSTRUCTIONS

            begin
              opts.parse!(argv)
              if @config_file && File.exists?(@config_file)
                STDERR.puts "Using config file: #{@config_file}"
              else
                STDERR.puts "\nMissing config file! \n\n\#{INSTRUCTIONS}\n"
                exit(1)
              end

              if STDOUT.tty?
                if @contacts_file.nil?
                  STDERR.puts "No contacts file found for auto-completion. See help for how to generate it."
                  sleep 0.5
                else
                  STDERR.puts "Using contacts file: #{@contacts_file}"
                end
              end

              @config = YAML::load(File.read(@config_file))
              if @config['password'].nil?
                @config['password'] = ask("Enter gmail password (won't be visible & won't be persisted):") {|q| q.echo = false}
              end

              if @get_contacts
                require 'vmail/contacts_extractor'
                extractor = ContactsExtractor.new(@config['username'], @config['password'])
                File.open(DEFAULT_CONTACTS_FILENAME, 'w') do |file|
                  extractor.extract(@max_messages_to_scan) do |address|
                    STDERR.print '.'
                    file.puts(address.strip)
                    STDERR.flush
                  end
                end
                STDERR.print "\n"
                puts "Saved file to #{DEFAULT_CONTACTS_FILENAME}"
                puts "Sorting address..."
                cmd = "sort #{DEFAULT_CONTACTS_FILENAME} | uniq > vmail-tmp.txt"
                cmd2 = "mv vmail-tmp.txt #{DEFAULT_CONTACTS_FILENAME}"
                `#{cmd}`
                `#{cmd2}`
                puts "Done"
                exit
              end

            rescue OptionParser::ParseError => e
              STDERR.puts e.message, "\n", opts
            end

          end
        end