Read IMAP Mailbox

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Read all emails from an IMAP mailbox.

Chilkat.Imap imap = new Chilkat.Imap();

bool success;

// Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Connect to an IMAP server.
success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.MessageSet messageSet;
// We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
bool fetchUids;
fetchUids = true;
// Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
messageSet = imap.Search("ALL",fetchUids);
if (messageSet == null ) {
    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
Chilkat.EmailBundle bundle;
bundle = imap.FetchBundle(messageSet);
if (bundle == null ) {

    MessageBox.Show(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Loop over the bundle and display the FROM and SUBJECT of each.
int i;
for (i = 0; i <= bundle.MessageCount - 1; i++) {
    Chilkat.Email email;
    email = bundle.GetEmail(i);
    textBox1.Text += email.From + "\r\n";
    textBox1.Refresh();
    textBox1.Text += email.Subject + "\r\n";
    textBox1.Refresh();
    textBox1.Text += "--" + "\r\n";
    textBox1.Refresh();

}

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
imap.Disconnect();