Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Download Unread Email from IMAP Mailbox

Download unread email messages from an IMAP mailbox. 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 = $imap->Connect("imap.example.com");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Login
$success = $imap->Login('admin@chilkatsoft.com',"myPassword");
if ($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;
}

#  Find emails marked as seen or not already seen:
$seenSearch = "SEEN";
$notSeenSearch = "NOT SEEN";

#  Get the set of unseen message UIDs
$fetchUids = 1;
$messageSet = chilkat::CkMessageSet->new();
$success = $imap->QueryMbx($notSeenSearch,$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Fetch the unseen emails into a bundle object:
$bundle = chilkat::CkEmailBundle->new();
$headersOnly = 0;
$success = $imap->FetchMsgSet($headersOnly,$messageSet,$bundle);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Display the Subject and From of each email.
$email = chilkat::CkEmail->new();
$i = 0;
$numEmails = $bundle->get_MessageCount();
while ($i < $numEmails) {
    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$email);

    print $email->getHeaderField("Date") . "\r\n";
    print $email->subject() . "\r\n";
    print $email->ck_from() . "\r\n";
    print "--" . "\r\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

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