Node.js

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. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var imap = new chilkat.Imap();

    // Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
    imap.Ssl = true;
    imap.Port = 993;
    success = imap.Connect("imap.mail.me.com");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
    // (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
    success = imap.Login("ICLOUD_USERNAME","ICLOUD_PASSWORD");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // 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.

    var email = new chilkat.Email();
    var i;
    var n = imap.NumMessages;
    var bUid = false;
    for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

        // Download the email by sequence number.
        success = imap.FetchEmail(false,i,bUid,email);
        if (success == false) {
            console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
            return;
        }

        console.log(i + ": " + email.From);
        console.log("    " + email.Subject);
        console.log("-");
    }

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

    console.log("Success.");

    // Sample output:

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

}

chilkatExample();