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Ruby Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

List IMAP Mailboxes with Reference

Demonstrates how to list all sub-mailboxes within a specified context. In this case, we list all mailboxes under "INBOX.vendors".

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Ruby
require 'chilkat'

success = false

#  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(true)
imap.put_Port(993)
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if (success == false)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Login
success = imap.Login("admin@chilkatsoft.com","myPassword")
if (success == false)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Get the list of mailboxes.
refName = ""
wildcardedMailbox = "*"
subscribed = false

mboxes = Chilkat::CkMailboxes.new()
success = imap.MbxList(subscribed,refName,wildcardedMailbox,mboxes)
if (success == false)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

i = 0
while i < mboxes.get_Count()
    print mboxes.getName(i) + "\n";
    i = i + 1
end

#  Sample output looks like this:
#  INBOX.vendors.shareit
#  INBOX.vendors.paypal
#  INBOX.vendors.dell
#  INBOX.vendors.inMotion
#  INBOX.vendors.myhosting
#  INBOX.vendors.peer1

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