(Chilkat2-Python) Yahoo! IMAP (imap.mail.yahoo.com)

(from Wikipedia)

It is possible to get direct IMAP access without signing up for paid access nor using software like YPOPs! or FreePOPs. Yahoo! operates IMAP and secure IMAP servers (imap.mail.yahoo.com in particular), which are globally accessible. However they require a specific, non-standard IMAP command to be sent before login is done, namely: “ID ("GUID" "1")”.

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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 they Yahoo! IMAP server.
imap.Port = 993
imap.Ssl = True
success = imap.Connect("imap.mail.yahoo.com")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Send the non-standard ID command...

rawResponse = imap.SendRawCommand("ID (\"GUID\" \"1\")")
if (imap.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("Login Success!")

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

# Continue with whatever you wish to do...
# (see other examples..)

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