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Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

IMAP using SOCKS5, SOCKS4 Proxy

Demonstrates how to connect to an IMAP server through a SOCKS5 or SOCKS4 proxy.

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var
success: Boolean;
imap: HCkImap;
fetchUids: Boolean;
messageSet: HCkMessageSet;
bundle: HCkEmailBundle;
headersOnly: Boolean;
email: HCkEmail;
i: Integer;
numEmails: Integer;

begin
success := False;

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

imap := CkImap_Create();

//  To use a SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy, simply set the following
//  properties prior to connecting with the IMAP server:
//  The SOCKS hostname may be a domain name or 
//  IP address:
CkImap_putSocksHostname(imap,'www.mysocksproxyserver.com');
CkImap_putSocksPort(imap,1080);
CkImap_putSocksUsername(imap,'myProxyLogin');
CkImap_putSocksPassword(imap,'myProxyPassword');
//  Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
//  of the SOCKS proxy server:
CkImap_putSocksVersion(imap,5);
//  Note: SOCKS4 servers only support usernames without passwords.
//  SOCKS5 servers support full login/password authentication.

//  Connect to an IMAP server through the SOCKS proxy.
//  Use TLS
CkImap_putSsl(imap,True);
CkImap_putPort(imap,993);
success := CkImap_Connect(imap,'imap.example.com');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Login
success := CkImap_Login(imap,'myLogin','myPassword');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
success := CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,'Inbox');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
//  We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
fetchUids := True;
messageSet := CkMessageSet_Create();
success := CkImap_QueryMbx(imap,'ALL',fetchUids,messageSet);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
bundle := CkEmailBundle_Create();
headersOnly := False;
success := CkImap_FetchMsgSet(imap,headersOnly,messageSet,bundle);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Loop over the bundle and display the FROM and SUBJECT of each.
email := CkEmail_Create();
i := 0;
numEmails := CkEmailBundle_getMessageCount(bundle);
while i < numEmails do
  begin

    CkEmailBundle_EmailAt(bundle,i,email);

    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkEmail__from(email));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkEmail__subject(email));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('--');
    i := i + 1;
  end;

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

CkImap_Dispose(imap);
CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);
CkEmailBundle_Dispose(bundle);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);