Read IMAP Mailbox

Read all emails from an IMAP mailbox.

Download Chilkat Perl Module

use chilkat;

$imap = new chilkat::CkImap();

# Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
$success = $imap->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# Connect to an IMAP server.
$success = $imap->Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# Login
$success = $imap->Login("myLogin","myPassword");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# 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 == null ) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# Fetch the emails into a bundle object:

$bundle = $imap->FetchBundle($messageSet);
if ($bundle == null ) {

    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

for ($i = 0; $i <= $bundle->get_MessageCount() - 1; $i++) {

    $email = $bundle->GetEmail($i);
    print $email->ck_from() . "\r\n";
    print $email->subject() . "\r\n";
    print "--" . "\r\n";

}

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$imap->Disconnect();