(Lianja) Download Unread Email from IMAP Mailbox

Download unread email messages from an IMAP mailbox.

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

loImap = createobject("CkImap")

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
loImap.Ssl = .T.
loImap.Port = 993
llSuccess = loImap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Login
llSuccess = loImap.Login("admin@chilkatsoft.com","myPassword")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

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

llFetchUids = .T.

// Find emails marked as seen or not already seen:
lcSeenSearch = "SEEN"
lcNotSeenSearch = "NOT SEEN"

// Get the set of unseen message UIDs
loMessageSet = loImap.Search(lcNotSeenSearch,llFetchUids)
if (loImap.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Fetch the unseen emails into a bundle object:

loBundle = loImap.FetchBundle(loMessageSet)
if (loImap.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    release loMessageSet
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Display the Subject and From of each email.
i = 0
lnNumEmails = loBundle.MessageCount
do while i < lnNumEmails
    loEmail = loBundle.GetEmail(i)

    ? loEmail.GetHeaderField("Date")
    ? loEmail.Subject
    ? loEmail.From
    ? "--"

    release loEmail
    i = i + 1
enddo

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

release loMessageSet
release loBundle


release loImap