(Ruby) Subscribe to Mailboxes and List Subscribed Mailboxes

Demonstrates how to list subscribed mailboxes, and unsubscribe/subscribe to a mailbox.

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require 'chilkat'

# 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.someMailServer.com")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

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

# Alternatively, the ListMailboxes method can be called to list all mailboxes (both subscribed and unsubscribed).
# mboxes is a CkMailboxes
mboxes = imap.ListSubscribed(refName,wildcardedMailbox)
if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

for i in 0 .. mboxes.get_Count() - 1
    print mboxes.getName(i) + "\n";
end
print "----" + "\n";

# 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 != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is missing.
# mboxes is a CkMailboxes
mboxes = imap.ListSubscribed("","INBOX/misc*")
if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

for i in 0 .. mboxes.get_Count() - 1
    print mboxes.getName(i) + "\n";
end

print "----" + "\n";

# Re-subscribe to "INBOX/misc/solutions".
success = imap.Subscribe("INBOX/misc/solutions")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is back in the list.
# mboxes is a CkMailboxes
mboxes = imap.ListSubscribed("","INBOX/misc*")
if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

for i in 0 .. mboxes.get_Count() - 1
    print mboxes.getName(i) + "\n";
end

print "----" + "\n";

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