Read IMAP Mailbox

Read all emails from an IMAP mailbox.

Download Chilkat IMAP ActiveX

Dim imap As New ChilkatImap

Dim success As Integer

' Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Connect to an IMAP server.
success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim messageSet As MessageSet
' We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
Dim fetchUids As Integer
fetchUids = 1
' Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
Set messageSet = imap.Search("ALL",fetchUids)
If (messageSet Is Nothing ) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
Dim bundle As ChilkatEmailBundle2
Set bundle = imap.FetchBundle(messageSet)
If (bundle Is Nothing ) Then

    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Loop over the bundle and display the FROM and SUBJECT of each.
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To bundle.MessageCount - 1
    Dim email As ChilkatEmail2
    Set email = bundle.GetEmail(i)
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & email.From & vbCrLf
    Text1.Refresh
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & email.Subject & vbCrLf
    Text1.Refresh
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "--" & vbCrLf
    Text1.Refresh

Next

' Disconnect from the IMAP server.
imap.Disconnect