Unicode C++

Determine the Number of Unseen Email Messages

Demonstrates how to determine how many unseen messages exist in an email account on an IMAP server. Unicode C++

#include <CkImapW.h>
#include <CkMessageSetW.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;
    }

    //  After selecting the mailbox. the total number of emails
    //  is immediately available:
    int totalNum = imap.get_NumMessages();
    wprintf(L"Num messages = %d\n",totalNum);

    //  To determine the number of unseen messages, a call
    //  to Search is required, which returns the set of UIDs
    //  of all unseen messages.

    //  We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    bool fetchUids = true;
    CkMessageSetW messageSet;
    success = imap.QueryMbx(L"UNSEEN",fetchUids,messageSet);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    unsigned long numUnseen = messageSet.get_Count();
    wprintf(L"%u\n",numUnseen);

    wprintf(L"UIDs ----\n");

    //  Display the UIDs
    int i = 0;
    while (i < messageSet.get_Count()) {
        wprintf(L"%u\n",messageSet.GetId(i));
        i = i + 1;
    }

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