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Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

List IMAP Mailboxes

List the mailboxes available within an IMAP account.

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var
success: Integer;
imap: TChilkatImap;
refName: WideString;
wildcardedMailbox: WideString;
subscribed: Integer;
mboxes: TMailboxes;
i: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

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

imap := TChilkatImap.Create(Self);

//  Connect to an IMAP server.
//  Use TLS
imap.Ssl := 1;
imap.Port := 993;
success := imap.Connect('MY-IMAP-DOMAIN');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Login
success := imap.Login('MY-IMAP-LOGIN','MY-IMAP-PASSWORD');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

refName := '';
//  refName is usually set to an empty string.
//  A non-empty reference name argument is the name of a mailbox or a level of
//  mailbox hierarchy, and indicates the context in which the mailbox
//  name is interpreted.

//  Select all mailboxes matching this pattern:
wildcardedMailbox := '*';

subscribed := 0;

mboxes := TMailboxes.Create(Self);
success := imap.MbxList(subscribed,refName,wildcardedMailbox,mboxes.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

i := 0;
while i < mboxes.Count do
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(mboxes.GetName(i));
    i := i + 1;
  end;

//  Sample output looks like this:
//  INBOX.vendors.shareit
//  INBOX.oldSupport
//  INBOX.vendors.paypal
//  INBOX.sales
//  INBOX.lists
//  INBOX.Drafts
//  INBOX.vendors.dell
//  INBOX.Trash
//  INBOX.invoiceRequests
//  INBOX.purchases
//  INBOX.vendors.inMotion
//  INBOX.oldEmail
//  INBOX.vendors
//  INBOX.lists.python
//  INBOX.vendors.myhosting
//  INBOX.Templates
//  INBOX.friends
//  INBOX.bounceSamples
//  INBOX.lists.ruby
//  INBOX.vendors.peer1
//  INBOX.Sent
//  INBOX.Junk
//  INBOX

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