Swift

How to Download Messages in MessageSet One at a Time

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If a message set contains a huge number of emails, it's NOT a good idea to try to download all at once into an email bundle using a method such as FetchBundle. It's better to iterate over the messages in the set to download one by one. Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let imap = CkoImap()!

    // Connect using TLS.
    imap.ssl = true
    imap.port = 993
    success = imap.connect(hostname: "imap.example.com")
    if success == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Authenticate
    success = imap.login(login: "email_account_login", password: "email_account_password")
    if success == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.selectMailbox(mailbox: "Inbox")
    if success == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Search for messages and return a set of matching messages.
    // (This example will simply search for ALL messages.)
    var fetchUids: Bool = true

    let messageSet = CkoMessageSet()!
    success = imap.queryMbx(criteria: "ALL", bUid: fetchUids, msgSet: messageSet)
    if success == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("Number of messages = \(messageSet.count.intValue)")

    let email = CkoEmail()!
    var i: Int = 0
    while i < messageSet.count.intValue {
        success = imap.fetchEmail(headerOnly: false, msgId: messageSet.getId(index: i), bUid: fetchUids, email: email)
        if success == false {
            print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
            return
        }

        print("\(email.from!); \(email.subject!)")

        i = i + 1
    }

    print("OK")

}