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Perl

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();