Dart Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Read iCloud Email Account using IMAP

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Demonstrates how to set the IMAP settings for an iCloud email account and downloads the email from Inbox. Dart

import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

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

  final imap = CkImap();

  // Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
  imap.ssl = true;
  imap.port = 993;
  try {
    imap.connect('imap.mail.me.com');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
  // (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
  try {
    imap.login('ICLOUD_USERNAME', 'ICLOUD_PASSWORD');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
  try {
    imap.selectMailbox('Inbox');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Once the folder/mailbox is selected, the NumMessages property
  // will contain the number of emails in the mailbox.
  // Loop from 1 to NumMessages to fetch each email by sequence number.

  final email = CkEmail();
  final n = imap.numMessages;
  final bUid = false;
  for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

    // Download the email by sequence number.
    try {
      imap.fetchEmail(false, i, bUid, email);
    } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
      print(e.lastErrorText);
      return;
    }

    print('$i: ${email.from}');
    print('    ${email.subject}');
    print('-');
  }

  // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
  imap.disconnect();

  print('Success.');

  // Sample output:

  // 	1: iCloud <noreply@email.apple.com>
  // 	    Welcome to iCloud Mail.
  // 	-
  // 	2: "Chilkat Software" <support@chilkatsoft.com>
  // 	    This is a test
  // 	-
  // 	Success.
}