python 2.7 gmail API help w/ passing variable to next func

I'm using a while True loop with a gmail API code I found online to extract some data if it's found inside of an email. It all works for the most part though i've run into an issue. The gmail section will always look for a new email with this code - which I want! The issue is, I have function that requires a stored variable from the while true loop named 'email' below will be a rough example: print (temp_dict) [login to view URL](temp_dict) a = temp_dict['Snippet'] b = temp_dict['Sender'] c = temp_dict['Subject'] idk = 'test' if c in idk: z = [login to view URL](':') complete_string = z[1] + ':' + z[0] test = z[0] test1 = z[1] x = [login to view URL]("<") y = [login to view URL](">") email = (b[x:y]).strip('<') print email break except: print'No new messages!' def sendinfo(): me = "xxxxxxxxxxxxx@[login to view URL]" my_password = r"xxxxxxxxxxxxx" you = email < ----- This section here needs to be passed down from the while True loop. msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative') msg['Subject'] = "xxxxxxxxxxx" msg['From'] = me msg['To'] = you html = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" part2 = MIMEText(html, 'html') [login to view URL](part2) s = smtplib.SMTP_SSL('[login to view URL]') [login to view URL](me, my_password) [login to view URL](me, you, msg.as_string()) [login to view URL]() sendinfo()