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List IMAP Mailboxes

List the mailboxes available within an IMAP account.

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

$success = $false

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

$imap = New-Object Chilkat.Imap

#  Connect to an IMAP server.
#  Use TLS
$imap.Ssl = $true
$imap.Port = 993
$success = $imap.Connect("MY-IMAP-DOMAIN")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Login
$success = $imap.Login("MY-IMAP-LOGIN","MY-IMAP-PASSWORD")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    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 = $false

$mboxes = New-Object Chilkat.Mailboxes
$success = $imap.MbxList($subscribed,$refName,$wildcardedMailbox,$mboxes)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$i = 0
while ($i -lt $mboxes.Count) {
    $($mboxes.GetName($i))
    $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()