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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.

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Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

set imap [new_CkImap]

# Connect to an IMAP server.
# Use TLS
CkImap_put_Ssl $imap 1
CkImap_put_Port $imap 993
set success [CkImap_Connect $imap "imap.example.com"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Login
set success [CkImap_Login $imap "myLogin" "myPassword"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# First examine the already subscribed mailboxes.
set refName ""
set wildcardedMailbox "*"
set subscribed 1

set mboxes [new_CkMailboxes]

set success [CkImap_MbxList $imap $subscribed $refName $wildcardedMailbox $mboxes]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkMailboxes $mboxes
    exit
}

set i 0
while {$i < [CkMailboxes_get_Count $mboxes]} {
    puts [CkMailboxes_getName $mboxes $i]
    set i [expr $i + 1]
}
puts "----"

# 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".
set success [CkImap_Unsubscribe $imap "INBOX/misc/solutions"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkMailboxes $mboxes
    exit
}

# Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is missing.
set success [CkImap_MbxList $imap $subscribed "" "INBOX/misc*" $mboxes]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkMailboxes $mboxes
    exit
}

set i 0
while {$i < [CkMailboxes_get_Count $mboxes]} {
    puts [CkMailboxes_getName $mboxes $i]
    set i [expr $i + 1]
}
puts "----"

# Re-subscribe to "INBOX/misc/solutions".
set success [CkImap_Subscribe $imap "INBOX/misc/solutions"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkMailboxes $mboxes
    exit
}

# Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is back in the list.
set success [CkImap_MbxList $imap $subscribed "" "INBOX/misc*" $mboxes]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkMailboxes $mboxes
    exit
}

set i 0
while {$i < [CkMailboxes_get_Count $mboxes]} {
    puts [CkMailboxes_getName $mboxes $i]
    set i [expr $i + 1]
}
puts "----"

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

delete_CkImap $imap
delete_CkMailboxes $mboxes