DataFlex

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. DataFlex

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoImap
    Variant vEmail
    Handle hoEmail
    Integer i
    Integer n
    Boolean iBUid
    String sTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatImap)) To hoImap
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoImap))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoImap
    End

    // Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
    Set ComSsl Of hoImap To True
    Set ComPort Of hoImap To 993
    Get ComConnect Of hoImap "imap.mail.me.com" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
    // (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
    Get ComLogin Of hoImap "ICLOUD_USERNAME" "ICLOUD_PASSWORD" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
    Get ComSelectMailbox Of hoImap "Inbox" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // 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.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatEmail)) To hoEmail
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoEmail))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoEmail
    End

    Get ComNumMessages Of hoImap To n
    Move False To iBUid
    For i From 1 To n

        // Download the email by sequence number.
        Get pvComObject of hoEmail to vEmail
        Get ComFetchEmail Of hoImap False i iBUid vEmail To iSuccess
        If (iSuccess = False) Begin
            Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
            Showln sTemp1
            Procedure_Return
        End

        Get ComFrom Of hoEmail To sTemp1
        Showln i ": " sTemp1
        Get ComSubject Of hoEmail To sTemp1
        Showln "    " sTemp1
        Showln "-"
    Loop

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    Get ComDisconnect Of hoImap To iSuccess

    Showln "Success."

    // Sample output:

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


End_Procedure