(Tcl) Read iCloud Email Account using IMAP

Demonstrates how to set the IMAP settings for an iCloud email account and downloads the email from Inbox.

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load ./chilkat.dll

# This example assumes Chilkat Imap to have been previously unlocked.
# See Unlock Imap for sample code.

set imap [new_CkImap]

# Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
CkImap_put_Ssl $imap 1
CkImap_put_Port $imap 993
set success [CkImap_Connect $imap "imap.mail.me.com"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
# (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
set success [CkImap_Login $imap "ICLOUD_USERNAME" "ICLOUD_PASSWORD"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
set success [CkImap_SelectMailbox $imap "Inbox"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Once the folder/mailbox is selected, the NumMessages property
# will contain the number of emails in the mailbox.
# Loop from 1 to NumMessages to fetch each email by sequence number.

# email is a CkEmail

set n [CkImap_get_NumMessages $imap]
set bUid 0
for {set i 1} {$i <= $n} {incr i} {

    # Download the email by sequence number.
    set email [CkImap_FetchSingle $imap $i $bUid]
    if {[CkImap_get_LastMethodSuccess $imap] != 1} then {
        puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
        delete_CkImap $imap
        exit
    }

    puts "$i: [CkEmail_from $email]"
    puts "    [CkEmail_subject $email]"
    puts "-"

    delete_CkEmail $email

}

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
set success [CkImap_Disconnect $imap]

puts "Success."

# Sample output:

# 	1: iCloud <noreply@email.apple.com>
# 	    Welcome to iCloud Mail.
# 	-
# 	2: "Chilkat Software" <support@chilkatsoft.com>
# 	    This is a test
# 	-
# 	Success.

delete_CkImap $imap