Tcl

Download Unread Email from IMAP Mailbox

Download unread email messages from an IMAP mailbox. 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 $imap "admin@chilkatsoft.com" "myPassword"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
set success [CkImap_SelectMailbox $imap "Inbox"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Find emails marked as seen or not already seen:
set seenSearch "SEEN"
set notSeenSearch "NOT SEEN"

# Get the set of unseen message UIDs
set fetchUids 1
set messageSet [new_CkMessageSet]

set success [CkImap_QueryMbx $imap $notSeenSearch $fetchUids $messageSet]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet
    exit
}

# Fetch the unseen emails into a bundle object:
set bundle [new_CkEmailBundle]

set headersOnly 0
set success [CkImap_FetchMsgSet $imap $headersOnly $messageSet $bundle]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet
    delete_CkEmailBundle $bundle
    exit
}

# Display the Subject and From of each email.
set email [new_CkEmail]

set i 0
set numEmails [CkEmailBundle_get_MessageCount $bundle]
while {$i < $numEmails} {
    CkEmailBundle_EmailAt $bundle $i $email

    puts [CkEmail_getHeaderField $email Date]
    puts [CkEmail_subject $email]
    puts [CkEmail_from $email]
    puts "--"
    set i [expr $i + 1]
}

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

delete_CkImap $imap
delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet
delete_CkEmailBundle $bundle
delete_CkEmail $email