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Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

List IMAP Mailboxes

List the mailboxes available within an IMAP account.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$imap = chilkat::CkImap->new();

#  Connect to an IMAP server.
#  Use TLS
$imap->put_Ssl(1);
$imap->put_Port(993);
$success = $imap->Connect("MY-IMAP-DOMAIN");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Login
$success = $imap->Login("MY-IMAP-LOGIN","MY-IMAP-PASSWORD");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$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 = chilkat::CkMailboxes->new();
$success = $imap->MbxList($subscribed,$refName,$wildcardedMailbox,$mboxes);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$i = 0;
while ($i < $mboxes->get_Count()) {
    print $mboxes->getName($i) . "\r\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

#  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();