(Chilkat2-Python) Download Unread Email from IMAP Mailbox

Download unread email messages from an IMAP mailbox.

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import sys
import chilkat2

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

imap = chilkat2.Imap()

# Connect to an IMAP server.
# Use TLS
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Login
success = imap.Login("admin@chilkatsoft.com","myPassword")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

fetchUids = True

# Find emails marked as seen or not already seen:
seenSearch = "SEEN"
notSeenSearch = "NOT SEEN"

# Get the set of unseen message UIDs
# messageSet is a CkMessageSet
messageSet = imap.Search(notSeenSearch,fetchUids)
if (imap.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Fetch the unseen emails into a bundle object:

# bundle is a CkEmailBundle
bundle = imap.FetchBundle(messageSet)
if (imap.LastMethodSuccess == False):

    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Display the Subject and From of each email.
i = 0
numEmails = bundle.MessageCount
while i < numEmails :
    # email is a CkEmail
    email = bundle.GetEmail(i)

    print(email.GetHeaderField("Date"))
    print(email.Subject)
    print(email.From)
    print("--")

    i = i + 1

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect()