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IMAP using SOCKS5, SOCKS4 Proxy

Demonstrates how to connect to an IMAP server through a SOCKS5 or SOCKS4 proxy.

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bool success = false;

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

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

//  To use a SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy, simply set the following
//  properties prior to connecting with the IMAP server:
//  The SOCKS hostname may be a domain name or 
//  IP address:
imap.SocksHostname = "www.mysocksproxyserver.com";
imap.SocksPort = 1080;
imap.SocksUsername = "myProxyLogin";
imap.SocksPassword = "myProxyPassword";
//  Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
//  of the SOCKS proxy server:
imap.SocksVersion = 5;
//  Note: SOCKS4 servers only support usernames without passwords.
//  SOCKS5 servers support full login/password authentication.

//  Connect to an IMAP server through the SOCKS proxy.
//  Use TLS
imap.Ssl = true;
imap.Port = 993;
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

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

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

//  Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
Chilkat.EmailBundle bundle = new Chilkat.EmailBundle();
bool headersOnly = false;
success = imap.FetchMsgSet(headersOnly,messageSet,bundle);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

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

    bundle.EmailAt(i,email);

    Debug.WriteLine(email.From);
    Debug.WriteLine(email.Subject);
    Debug.WriteLine("--");
    i = i + 1;
}

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