(C#) Process Bounced Email in IMAP

Reads an IMAP mailbox and determines which emails are bounces.

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

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

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
imap.Ssl = true;
imap.Port = 993;
bool success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Login
success = imap.Login("admin@chilkatsoft.com","myPassword");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("INBOX.bounceSamples");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.MessageSet messageSet = null;
// We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
bool fetchUids = true;
// Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
messageSet = imap.Search("ALL",fetchUids);
if (imap.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
Chilkat.EmailBundle bundle = null;
bundle = imap.FetchBundle(messageSet);
if (imap.LastMethodSuccess == false) {

    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Loop over the bundle and display the FROM and SUBJECT of each.
int i = 0;
int numEmails = bundle.MessageCount;
while (i < numEmails) {
    Chilkat.Email email = bundle.GetEmail(i);

    success = bounce.ExamineEmail(email);

    Debug.WriteLine("Subject: " + email.Subject);
    Debug.WriteLine("Bounce Type = " + Convert.ToString(bounce.BounceType) + ", email address = " + bounce.BounceAddress);

    i = i + 1;
}

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