(MFC) Subscribe to Mailboxes and List Subscribed Mailboxes

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

Chilkat C/C++ Library Downloads MS Visual C/C++ Libs

See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkImap.h>
#include <CkMailboxes.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkImap imap;

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    bool success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // First examine the already subscribed mailboxes.
    const char *refName = "";
    const char *wildcardedMailbox = "*";

    // Alternatively, the ListMailboxes method can be called to list all mailboxes (both subscribed and unsubscribed).
    CkMailboxes *mboxes = imap.ListSubscribed(refName,wildcardedMailbox);
    if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    int i;
    for (i = 0; i <= mboxes->get_Count() - 1; i++) {
        strOut.append(mboxes->getName(i));
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }

    strOut.append("----");
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    delete mboxes;

    // 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".
    success = imap.Unsubscribe("INBOX/misc/solutions");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is missing.
    mboxes = imap.ListSubscribed("","INBOX/misc*");
    if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    for (i = 0; i <= mboxes->get_Count() - 1; i++) {
        strOut.append(mboxes->getName(i));
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }

    delete mboxes;
    strOut.append("----");
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Re-subscribe to "INBOX/misc/solutions".
    success = imap.Subscribe("INBOX/misc/solutions");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is back in the list.
    mboxes = imap.ListSubscribed("","INBOX/misc*");
    if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    for (i = 0; i <= mboxes->get_Count() - 1; i++) {
        strOut.append(mboxes->getName(i));
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }

    delete mboxes;
    strOut.append("----");
    strOut.append("\r\n");

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


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }