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Subscribe to Mailboxes and List Subscribed Mailboxes

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Demonstrates how to list subscribed mailboxes, and unsubscribe/subscribe to a mailbox.

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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();

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // 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;
    };

    // First examine the already subscribed mailboxes.
    const ref_name = "";
    const wildcarded_mailbox = "*";
    const subscribed = true;

    const mboxes = try chilkat.Mailboxes.init();
    defer mboxes.deinit();
    imap.mbxList(subscribed, ref_name, wildcarded_mailbox, mboxes) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    var i: i32 = 0;
    while (i < mboxes.getCount()) {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try mboxes.getName(alloc, i)});
        i = i + 1;
    }

    std.debug.print("----\n", .{});

    // Sample output.

    // INBOX
    // INBOX/recent
    // INBOX/misc
    // INBOX/misc/solutions
    // ...
    // Outbox
    // Deleted Items
    // Sent Items
    // Drafts
    // Junk E-mail
    // Trash
    // Sent
    // Templates

    // Let's unsubscribe to "INBOX/misc/solutions".
    imap.unsubscribe("INBOX/misc/solutions") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is missing.
    imap.mbxList(subscribed, "", "INBOX/misc*", mboxes) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    i = 0;
    while (i < mboxes.getCount()) {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try mboxes.getName(alloc, i)});
        i = i + 1;
    }

    std.debug.print("----\n", .{});

    // Re-subscribe to "INBOX/misc/solutions".
    imap.subscribe("INBOX/misc/solutions") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is back in the list.
    imap.mbxList(subscribed, "", "INBOX/misc*", mboxes) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    i = 0;
    while (i < mboxes.getCount()) {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try mboxes.getName(alloc, i)});
        i = i + 1;
    }

    std.debug.print("----\n", .{});

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