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Unicode C++

Fetch Single Email by UID or Sequence Number

Assuming the UID is known, download a single email by UID from an IMAP mail server.

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Unicode C++
#include <CkImapW.h>
#include <CkEmailW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkImapW imap;

    //  Connect to an IMAP server.
    //  Use TLS
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    success = imap.Connect(L"imap.example.com");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Login
    success = imap.Login(L"***",L"***");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox(L"Inbox");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    CkEmailW email;

    int uid = 2014;
    bool isUid = true;

    success = imap.FetchEmail(false,uid,isUid,email);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Display the From and Subject
    wprintf(L"%s\n",email.fromAddress());
    wprintf(L"%s\n",email.subject());

    //  Display the Body property, which is the default body.
    //  If an email has an HTML body, the Body property contains
    //  the HTML source.  Otherwise it contains the plain-text
    //  body.
    wprintf(L"---- EMAIL BODY ----\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",email.body());
    wprintf(L"--------------------\n");

    //  Display the recipients:
    int j;
    for (j = 0; j <= email.get_NumTo() - 1; j++) {
        wprintf(L"%s, %s\n",email.getToName(j),email.getToAddr(j));
    }

    for (j = 0; j <= email.get_NumCC() - 1; j++) {
        wprintf(L"%s, %s\n",email.getCcName(j),email.getCcAddr(j));
    }

    //  Show the total size of the email, including body and attachments:
    wprintf(L"%d\n",email.get_Size());

    //  When a full email is downloaded, we would use the
    //  email.NumAttachments property in conjunction with the
    //  email.GetMailAttach* methods.
    //  However, when an email object contains only the header,
    //  we need to access the attachment info differently:
    int numAttach = imap.GetMailNumAttach(email);
    wprintf(L"%d\n",numAttach);

    for (j = 0; j <= numAttach - 1; j++) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.getMailAttachFilename(email,j));
        int attachSize = imap.GetMailAttachSize(email,j);
        wprintf(L"    size = %d bytes\n",attachSize);
    }

    wprintf(L"--\n");

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