(Delphi ActiveX) Read iCloud Email Account using IMAP

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

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
imap: TChilkatImap;
success: Integer;
email: IChilkatEmail;
i: Integer;
n: Integer;
bUid: Integer;

begin
// This example assumes Chilkat Imap to have been previously unlocked.
// See Unlock Imap for sample code.

imap := TChilkatImap.Create(Self);

// Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
imap.Ssl := 1;
imap.Port := 993;
success := imap.Connect('imap.mail.me.com');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
// (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
success := imap.Login('ICLOUD_USERNAME','ICLOUD_PASSWORD');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
success := imap.SelectMailbox('Inbox');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  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.

n := imap.NumMessages;
bUid := 0;
for i := 1 to n do
  begin

    // Download the email by sequence number.
    email := imap.FetchSingle(i,bUid);
    if (imap.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
        Exit;
      end;

    Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(i) + ': ' + email.From);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('    ' + email.Subject);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('-');

  end;

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

Memo1.Lines.Add('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;