(Swift 3,4,5...) IMAP STARTTLS (Explicit TLS/SSL)

The StartTls property is set to force the Connect method to automatically convert an connection to TLS/SSL via the STARTTLS IMAP command.

This is also known as "explicit TLS/SSL" as opposed to "implicit TLS/SSL". With implicit TLS/SSL, the IMAP client connects on the well-known IMAP TLS/SSL port 993 and the secure channel is immediately established. With explicit TLS/SSL, the IMAP client connects on the typical non-secure port (143 usually) and the converts the connection via the STARTTLS command.

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func chilkatTest() {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    let imap = CkoImap()!

    // Indicate that STARTTLS should be used to convert
    // to a secure TLS/SSL connection:
    imap.startTls = true
    imap.port = 143

    // Connect to an IMAP server and convert the connection
    // to TLS/SSL via STARTTLS.
    var success: Bool = imap.connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
    if success != true {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // The remainder of this example is the same as for 
    // non-TLS/SSL...

    // Login
    success = imap.login("myLogin", password: "myPassword")
    if success != true {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.selectMailbox("Inbox")
    if success != true {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    var messageSet: CkoMessageSet?
    // We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    var fetchUids: Bool = true
    // Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
    messageSet = imap.search("ALL", bUid: fetchUids)
    if imap.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
    var bundle: CkoEmailBundle?
    bundle = imap.fetchBundle(messageSet)
    if imap.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        messageSet = nil
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Loop over the bundle and display the FROM and SUBJECT of each.
    var i: Int = 0
    var numEmails: Int = bundle!.messageCount.intValue
    while i < numEmails {
        var email: CkoEmail? = bundle!.getEmail(i)
        print("\(email!.from!)")
        print("\(email!.subject!)")
        print("--")
        email = nil
        i = i + 1
    }

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.disconnect()

    messageSet = nil
    bundle = nil

}