(PowerShell) Read iCloud Email Account using IMAP

Demonstrates how to set the IMAP settings for an iCloud email account and downloads the email from Inbox.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# This example assumes Chilkat Imap to have been previously unlocked.
# See Unlock Imap for sample code.

$imap = New-Object Chilkat.Imap

# Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
$imap.Ssl = $true
$imap.Port = 993
$success = $imap.Connect("imap.mail.me.com")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
# (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
$success = $imap.Login("ICLOUD_USERNAME","ICLOUD_PASSWORD")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
$success = $imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Once the folder/mailbox is selected, the NumMessages property
# will contain the number of emails in the mailbox.
# Loop from 1 to NumMessages to fetch each email by sequence number.

$n = $imap.NumMessages
$bUid = $false
for ($i = 1; $i -le $n; $i++) {

    # Download the email by sequence number.
    $email = $imap.FetchSingle($i,$bUid)
    if ($imap.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
        $($imap.LastErrorText)
        exit
    }

    $([string]$i + ": " + $email.From)
    $("    " + $email.Subject)
    $("-")

}

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

$("Success.")

# Sample output:

# 	1: iCloud <noreply@email.apple.com>
# 	    Welcome to iCloud Mail.
# 	-
# 	2: "Chilkat Software" <support@chilkatsoft.com>
# 	    This is a test
# 	-
# 	Success.