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List IMAP Mailboxes

List the mailboxes available within an IMAP account.

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C
#include <C_CkImap.h>
#include <C_CkMailboxes.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkImap imap;
    const char *refName;
    const char *wildcardedMailbox;
    BOOL subscribed;
    HCkMailboxes mboxes;
    int i;

    success = FALSE;

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

    imap = CkImap_Create();

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

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

    refName = "";
    // refName is usually set to an empty string.
    // A non-empty reference name argument is the name of a mailbox or a level of
    // mailbox hierarchy, and indicates the context in which the mailbox
    // name is interpreted.

    // Select all mailboxes matching this pattern:
    wildcardedMailbox = "*";

    subscribed = FALSE;

    mboxes = CkMailboxes_Create();
    success = CkImap_MbxList(imap,subscribed,refName,wildcardedMailbox,mboxes);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        CkMailboxes_Dispose(mboxes);
        return;
    }

    i = 0;
    while (i < CkMailboxes_getCount(mboxes)) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMailboxes_getName(mboxes,i));
        i = i + 1;
    }

    // Sample output looks like this:
    // INBOX.vendors.shareit
    // INBOX.oldSupport
    // INBOX.vendors.paypal
    // INBOX.sales
    // INBOX.lists
    // INBOX.Drafts
    // INBOX.vendors.dell
    // INBOX.Trash
    // INBOX.invoiceRequests
    // INBOX.purchases
    // INBOX.vendors.inMotion
    // INBOX.oldEmail
    // INBOX.vendors
    // INBOX.lists.python
    // INBOX.vendors.myhosting
    // INBOX.Templates
    // INBOX.friends
    // INBOX.bounceSamples
    // INBOX.lists.ruby
    // INBOX.vendors.peer1
    // INBOX.Sent
    // INBOX.Junk
    // INBOX

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


    CkImap_Dispose(imap);
    CkMailboxes_Dispose(mboxes);

    }