(Lianja) IMAP using SOCKS5, SOCKS4 Proxy

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

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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llSuccess = .F.

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

loImap = createobject("CkImap")

// 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:
loImap.SocksHostname = "www.mysocksproxyserver.com"
loImap.SocksPort = 1080
loImap.SocksUsername = "myProxyLogin"
loImap.SocksPassword = "myProxyPassword"
// Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
// of the SOCKS proxy server:
loImap.SocksVersion = 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
loImap.Ssl = .T.
loImap.Port = 993
llSuccess = loImap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Login
llSuccess = loImap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Select an IMAP mailbox
llSuccess = loImap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
// We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
llFetchUids = .T.
loMessageSet = createobject("CkMessageSet")
llSuccess = loImap.QueryMbx("ALL",llFetchUids,loMessageSet)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMessageSet
    return
endif

// Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
loBundle = createobject("CkEmailBundle")
llHeadersOnly = .F.
llSuccess = loImap.FetchMsgSet(llHeadersOnly,loMessageSet,loBundle)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMessageSet
    release loBundle
    return
endif

// Loop over the bundle and display the FROM and SUBJECT of each.
loEmail = createobject("CkEmail")
i = 0
lnNumEmails = loBundle.MessageCount
do while i < lnNumEmails

    loBundle.EmailAt(i,loEmail)

    ? loEmail.From
    ? loEmail.Subject
    ? "--"
    i = i + 1
enddo

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
llSuccess = loImap.Disconnect()


release loImap
release loMessageSet
release loBundle
release loEmail