PowerShell

List IMAP Mailboxes

List the mailboxes available within an IMAP account. PowerShell

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()