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IMAP Capability

Demonstrates how to send the CAPABILITY command to request a listing of capabilities that the IMAP server supports. A capability name which begins with "AUTH=" indicates that the server supports that particular authentication mechanism.

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C
#include <C_CkImap.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkImap imap;
    const char *caps;

    success = FALSE;

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

    imap = CkImap_Create();

    // Use TLS
    CkImap_putSsl(imap,TRUE);
    CkImap_putPort(imap,993);
    success = CkImap_Connect(imap,"MY-IMAP-DOMAIN");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // Authenticate
    success = CkImap_Login(imap,"MY-IMAP-LOGIN","MY-IMAP-PASSWORD");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // Get the list of capabilities:
    caps = CkImap_capability(imap);
    printf("Capabilities: %s\n",caps);

    // Here is an example of the string returned:
    // * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 
    // UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE ENABLE MOVE CONDSTORE ESEARCH UTF8=ACCEPT APPENDLIMIT=35882577
    // LIST-EXTENDED LIST-STATUS

    // Chilkat v9.5.0.58 introduces the HasCapability method to
    // check to see if a particular capability exists:
    if (CkImap_HasCapability(imap,"QUOTA",caps) == TRUE) {
        printf("IMAP server supports the QUOTA extension.\n");
    }

    if (CkImap_HasCapability(imap,"IDLE",caps) == TRUE) {
        printf("IMAP server supports IDLE.\n");
    }

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


    CkImap_Dispose(imap);

    }