Visual Basic 6.0 Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Download Unread Email from IMAP Mailbox

Download unread email messages from an IMAP mailbox. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim imap As New ChilkatImap

'  Connect to an IMAP server.
'  Use TLS
imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Login
success = imap.Login("admin@chilkatsoft.com","myPassword")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Find emails marked as seen or not already seen:
Dim seenSearch As String
seenSearch = "SEEN"
Dim notSeenSearch As String
notSeenSearch = "NOT SEEN"

'  Get the set of unseen message UIDs
Dim fetchUids As Long
fetchUids = 1
Dim messageSet As New MessageSet
success = imap.QueryMbx(notSeenSearch,fetchUids,messageSet)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Fetch the unseen emails into a bundle object:
Dim bundle As New ChilkatEmailBundle
Dim headersOnly As Long
headersOnly = 0
success = imap.FetchMsgSet(headersOnly,messageSet,bundle)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Display the Subject and From of each email.
Dim email As New ChilkatEmail
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim numEmails As Long
numEmails = bundle.MessageCount
Do While i < numEmails
    success = bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

    Debug.Print email.GetHeaderField("Date")
    Debug.Print email.Subject
    Debug.Print email.From
    Debug.Print "--"
    i = i + 1
Loop

'  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect()