SQL Server

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. SQL Server

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @imap int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Imap', @imap OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Ssl', 1
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Port', 993
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'imap.mail.me.com'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
    -- (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Login', @success OUT, 'ICLOUD_USERNAME', 'ICLOUD_PASSWORD'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'SelectMailbox', @success OUT, 'Inbox'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      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.

    DECLARE @email int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT

    DECLARE @i int

    DECLARE @n int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'NumMessages', @n OUT
    DECLARE @bUid int
    SELECT @bUid = 0
    SELECT @i = 1
    WHILE @i <= @n
      BEGIN

        -- Download the email by sequence number.
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'FetchEmail', @success OUT, 0, @i, @bUid, @email
        IF @success = 0
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
            PRINT @sTmp0
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
            RETURN
          END


        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'From', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @i + ': ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'Subject', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT '    ' + @sTmp0

        PRINT '-'
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END

    -- Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Disconnect', @success OUT


    PRINT 'Success.'

    -- Sample output:

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

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email


END
GO