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Lianja Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

IMAP STARTTLS (Explicit TLS/SSL)

The StartTls property is set to force the Connect method to automatically convert an connection to TLS/SSL via the STARTTLS IMAP command.

This is also known as "explicit TLS/SSL" as opposed to "implicit TLS/SSL". With implicit TLS/SSL, the IMAP client connects on the well-known IMAP TLS/SSL port 993 and the secure channel is immediately established. With explicit TLS/SSL, the IMAP client connects on the typical non-secure port (143 usually) and the converts the connection via the STARTTLS command.

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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")

//  Indicate that STARTTLS should be used to convert
//  to a secure TLS/SSL connection:
loImap.StartTls = .T.
loImap.Port = 143

//  Connect to an IMAP server and convert the connection
//  to TLS/SSL via STARTTLS.
llSuccess = loImap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

//  The remainder of this example is the same as for 
//  non-TLS/SSL...

//  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
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