C

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. C

#include <C_CkImap.h>
#include <C_CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkImap imap;
    HCkEmail email;
    int i;
    int n;
    BOOL bUid;

    success = FALSE;

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

    imap = CkImap_Create();

    // Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
    CkImap_putSsl(imap,TRUE);
    CkImap_putPort(imap,993);
    success = CkImap_Connect(imap,"imap.mail.me.com");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
    // (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
    success = CkImap_Login(imap,"ICLOUD_USERNAME","ICLOUD_PASSWORD");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
    success = CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,"Inbox");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        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.

    email = CkEmail_Create();

    n = CkImap_getNumMessages(imap);
    bUid = FALSE;
    for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

        // Download the email by sequence number.
        success = CkImap_FetchEmail(imap,FALSE,i,bUid,email);
        if (success == FALSE) {
            printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
            CkImap_Dispose(imap);
            CkEmail_Dispose(email);
            return;
        }

        printf("%d: %s\n",i,CkEmail_ck_from(email));
        printf("    %s\n",CkEmail_subject(email));
        printf("-\n");
    }

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

    printf("Success.\n");

    // Sample output:

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


    CkImap_Dispose(imap);
    CkEmail_Dispose(email);

    }