Send IMAP Raw Command and Receive Response

Demonstrates how to send an arbitrary (raw) command to an IMAP server and receive the response. This example will set the "Seen" flag for an email with a pre-known UID.

Note: Normally, you would call the SetFlag method to set a flag. This example only serves to show how SendRawCommand is used.

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import sys
import chilkat

imap = chilkat.CkImap()

#  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print imap.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

imap.put_KeepSessionLog(True)

#  Connect to an IMAP server.
success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com")
if (success != True):
    print imap.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Login
success = imap.Login("***","***")
if (success != True):
    print imap.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (success != True):
    print imap.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Assume we know that the UID for the email in question is 2:

response = imap.sendRawCommand("UID STORE 2 +FLAGS.SILENT (\Seen)")

print response

#  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
imap.Disconnect()

print imap.sessionLog()