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#

bool success = false;

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

Chilkat.Imap imap = new Chilkat.Imap();

//  Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
imap.Ssl = true;
imap.Port = 993;
success = imap.Connect("imap.mail.me.com");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
//  (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
success = imap.Login("ICLOUD_USERNAME","ICLOUD_PASSWORD");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    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.

Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.Email();
int i;
int n = imap.NumMessages;
bool bUid = false;
for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

    //  Download the email by sequence number.
    success = imap.FetchEmail(false,i,bUid,email);
    if (success == false) {
        Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    Debug.WriteLine(Convert.ToString(i) + ": " + email.From);
    Debug.WriteLine("    " + email.Subject);
    Debug.WriteLine("-");
}

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

Debug.WriteLine("Success.");

//  Sample output:

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