VB.NET

Read iCloud Email Account using IMAP

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Demonstrates how to set the IMAP settings for an iCloud email account and downloads the email from Inbox. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim imap As New Chilkat.Imap

' Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.mail.me.com")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
' (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
success = imap.Login("ICLOUD_USERNAME","ICLOUD_PASSWORD")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Once the folder/mailbox is selected, the NumMessages property
' will contain the number of emails in the mailbox.
' Loop from 1 to NumMessages to fetch each email by sequence number.

Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
Dim i As Integer
Dim n As Integer = imap.NumMessages
Dim bUid As Boolean = False
For i = 1 To n

    ' Download the email by sequence number.
    success = imap.FetchEmail(False,i,bUid,email)
    If (success = False) Then
        Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
        Exit Sub
    End If


    Debug.WriteLine(i & ": " & email.From)
    Debug.WriteLine("    " & email.Subject)
    Debug.WriteLine("-")
Next

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

Debug.WriteLine("Success.")

' Sample output:

' 	1: iCloud <noreply@email.apple.com>
' 	    Welcome to iCloud Mail.
' 	-
' 	2: "Chilkat Software" <support@chilkatsoft.com>
' 	    This is a test
' 	-
' 	Success.