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Subscribe to Mailboxes and List Subscribed Mailboxes

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Demonstrates how to list subscribed mailboxes, and unsubscribe/subscribe to a mailbox. 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 = $imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Login
$success = $imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# First examine the already subscribed mailboxes.
$refName = ""
$wildcardedMailbox = "*"
$subscribed = $true

$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.

# INBOX
# INBOX/recent
# INBOX/misc
# INBOX/misc/solutions
# ...
# Outbox
# Deleted Items
# Sent Items
# Drafts
# Junk E-mail
# Trash
# Sent
# Templates

# Let's unsubscribe to "INBOX/misc/solutions".
$success = $imap.Unsubscribe("INBOX/misc/solutions")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is missing.
$success = $imap.MbxList($subscribed,"","INBOX/misc*",$mboxes)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$i = 0
while ($i -lt $mboxes.Count) {
    $($mboxes.GetName($i))
    $i = $i + 1
}

$("----")

# Re-subscribe to "INBOX/misc/solutions".
$success = $imap.Subscribe("INBOX/misc/solutions")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is back in the list.
$success = $imap.MbxList($subscribed,"","INBOX/misc*",$mboxes)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$i = 0
while ($i -lt $mboxes.Count) {
    $($mboxes.GetName($i))
    $i = $i + 1
}

$("----")

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