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Subscribe to Mailboxes and List Subscribed Mailboxes

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Demonstrates how to list subscribed mailboxes, and unsubscribe/subscribe to a mailbox.

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llSuccess = .F.

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

loImap = createobject("CkImap")

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
loImap.Ssl = .T.
loImap.Port = 993
llSuccess = loImap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Login
llSuccess = loImap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// First examine the already subscribed mailboxes.
lcRefName = ""
lcWildcardedMailbox = "*"
llSubscribed = .T.

loMboxes = createobject("CkMailboxes")
llSuccess = loImap.MbxList(llSubscribed,lcRefName,lcWildcardedMailbox,loMboxes)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMboxes
    return
endif

i = 0
do while i < loMboxes.Count
    ? loMboxes.GetName(i)
    i = i + 1
enddo
? "----"

// Sample output.

// INBOX
// INBOX/recent
// INBOX/misc
// INBOX/misc/solutions
// ...
// Outbox
// Deleted Items
// Sent Items
// Drafts
// Junk E-mail
// Trash
// Sent
// Templates

// Let's unsubscribe to "INBOX/misc/solutions".
llSuccess = loImap.Unsubscribe("INBOX/misc/solutions")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMboxes
    return
endif

// Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is missing.
llSuccess = loImap.MbxList(llSubscribed,"","INBOX/misc*",loMboxes)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMboxes
    return
endif

i = 0
do while i < loMboxes.Count
    ? loMboxes.GetName(i)
    i = i + 1
enddo
? "----"

// Re-subscribe to "INBOX/misc/solutions".
llSuccess = loImap.Subscribe("INBOX/misc/solutions")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMboxes
    return
endif

// Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is back in the list.
llSuccess = loImap.MbxList(llSubscribed,"","INBOX/misc*",loMboxes)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMboxes
    return
endif

i = 0
do while i < loMboxes.Count
    ? loMboxes.GetName(i)
    i = i + 1
enddo
? "----"

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
llSuccess = loImap.Disconnect()


release loImap
release loMboxes