Delphi DLL

Read iCloud Email Account using IMAP

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Demonstrates how to set the IMAP settings for an iCloud email account and downloads the email from Inbox. Delphi DLL

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Imap, Email;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
imap: HCkImap;
email: HCkEmail;
i: Integer;
n: Integer;
bUid: Boolean;

begin
success := False;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

imap := CkImap_Create();

// Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
CkImap_putSsl(imap,True);
CkImap_putPort(imap,993);
success := CkImap_Connect(imap,'imap.mail.me.com');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

// The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
// (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
success := CkImap_Login(imap,'ICLOUD_USERNAME','ICLOUD_PASSWORD');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

// Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
success := CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,'Inbox');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

// Once the folder/mailbox is selected, the NumMessages property
// will contain the number of emails in the mailbox.
// Loop from 1 to NumMessages to fetch each email by sequence number.

email := CkEmail_Create();

n := CkImap_getNumMessages(imap);
bUid := False;
for i := 1 to n do
  begin

    // Download the email by sequence number.
    success := CkImap_FetchEmail(imap,False,i,bUid,email);
    if (success = False) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
        Exit;
      end;

    Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(i) + ': ' + CkEmail__from(email));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('    ' + CkEmail__subject(email));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('-');
  end;

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success := CkImap_Disconnect(imap);

Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');

// Sample output:

// 	1: iCloud <noreply@email.apple.com>
// 	    Welcome to iCloud Mail.
// 	-
// 	2: "Chilkat Software" <support@chilkatsoft.com>
// 	    This is a test
// 	-
// 	Success.

CkImap_Dispose(imap);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);

end;