IMAP STARTTLS (Explicit TLS/SSL)

The StartTls property is set to force the Connect method to automatically convert an connection to TLS/SSL via the STARTTLS IMAP command.

This is also known as "explicit TLS/SSL" as opposed to "implicit TLS/SSL". With implicit TLS/SSL, the IMAP client connects on the well-known IMAP TLS/SSL port 993 and the secure channel is immediately established. With explicit TLS/SSL, the IMAP client connects on the typical non-secure port (143 usually) and the converts the connection via the STARTTLS command.

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uses
    Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
    Dialogs, StdCtrls,
    CHILKATMAILLib2_TLB,
    CHILKATIMAPLib_TLB,
    OleCtrls;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
imap: TChilkatImap;
success: Integer;
messageSet: CHILKATIMAPLib_TLB.IMessageSet;
fetchUids: Integer;
bundle: CHILKATIMAPLib_TLB.IChilkatEmailBundle2;
i: Integer;
email: CHILKATMAILLib2_TLB.IChilkatEmail2;

begin
imap := TChilkatImap.Create(Self);

//  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success := imap.UnlockComponent('Anything for 30-day trial');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Indicate that STARTTLS should be used to convert
//  to a secure TLS/SSL connection:
imap.StartTls := 1;
imap.Port := 143;

//  Connect to an IMAP server and convert the connection
//  to TLS/SSL via STARTTLS.
success := imap.Connect('mail.chilkatsoft.com');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  The remainder of this example is the same as for
//  non-TLS/SSL...

//  Login
success := imap.Login('myLogin','myPassword');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
success := imap.SelectMailbox('Inbox');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
fetchUids := 1;
//  Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
messageSet := imap.Search('ALL',fetchUids);
if (messageSet = nil ) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Fetch the emails into a bundle object:

bundle := imap.FetchBundle(messageSet);
if (bundle = nil ) then
  begin

    ShowMessage(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Loop over the bundle and display the FROM and SUBJECT of each.

for i := 0 to bundle.MessageCount - 1 do
  begin

    email := bundle.GetEmail(i) As CHILKATMAILLib2_TLB.IChilkatEmail2;
    Memo1.Lines.Add(email.From);
    Memo1.Lines.Add(email.Subject);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('--');

  end;

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


end;