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Perl

List Email UIDs

List the UIDs of each email in a mailbox.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

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

# 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;
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
# We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
$fetchUids = 1;
$messageSet = chilkat::CkMessageSet->new();
$success = $imap->QueryMbx("ALL",$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

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

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$success = $imap->Disconnect();