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Zig Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

IMAP using SOCKS5, SOCKS4 Proxy

Demonstrates how to connect to an IMAP server through a SOCKS5 or SOCKS4 proxy.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    const imap = try chilkat.Imap.init();
    defer imap.deinit();

    // To use a SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy, simply set the following
    // properties prior to connecting with the IMAP server:
    // The SOCKS hostname may be a domain name or
    // IP address:
    imap.setSocksHostname("www.mysocksproxyserver.com");
    imap.setSocksPort(1080);
    imap.setSocksUsername("myProxyLogin");
    imap.setSocksPassword("myProxyPassword");
    // Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
    // of the SOCKS proxy server:
    imap.setSocksVersion(5);
    // Note: SOCKS4 servers only support usernames without passwords.
    // SOCKS5 servers support full login/password authentication.

    // Connect to an IMAP server through the SOCKS proxy.
    // Use TLS
    imap.setSsl(true);
    imap.setPort(993);
    imap.connect("imap.example.com") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Login
    imap.login("myLogin", "myPassword") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    imap.selectMailbox("Inbox") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
    // We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    const fetch_uids = true;
    const message_set = try chilkat.MessageSet.init();
    defer message_set.deinit();
    imap.queryMbx("ALL", fetch_uids, message_set) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
    const bundle = try chilkat.EmailBundle.init();
    defer bundle.deinit();
    const headers_only = false;
    imap.fetchMsgSet(headers_only, message_set, bundle) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Loop over the bundle and display the FROM and SUBJECT of each.
    const email = try chilkat.Email.init();
    defer email.deinit();
    var i: i32 = 0;
    const num_emails = bundle.getMessageCount();
    while (i < num_emails) {
        bundle.emailAt(i, email) catch {};

        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try email.getFrom(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try email.getSubject(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("--\n", .{});
        i = i + 1;
    }

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    try imap.disconnect();
}