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List Email UIDs

List the UIDs of each email in a mailbox.

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C++
#include <CkImap.h>
#include <CkMessageSet.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkImap imap;

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

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    success = imap.Connect("MY-IMAP-DOMAIN");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("MY-IMAP-LOGIN","MY-IMAP-PASSWORD");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
    // We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    bool fetchUids = true;
    CkMessageSet messageSet;
    success = imap.QueryMbx("ALL",fetchUids,messageSet);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    int i = 0;
    int n = messageSet.get_Count();
    while (i < n) {
        std::cout << messageSet.GetId(i) << "\r\n";
        i = i + 1;
    }

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