IMAP using SOCKS5, SOCKS4 Proxy

Demonstrates how to connect to an IMAP server through a SOCKS5 or SOCKS4 proxy.

Download Chilkat IMAP ActiveX

Dim imap As New ChilkatImap

Dim success As Long

'  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

'  To use a SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy, simply set the following
'  properties prior to connecting with the IMAP server:
'  The SOCKS hostname may be a domain name or
'  IP address:
imap.SocksHostname = "www.mysocksproxyserver.com"
imap.SocksPort = 1080
imap.SocksUsername = "myProxyLogin"
imap.SocksPassword = "myProxyPassword"
'  Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
'  of the SOCKS proxy server:
imap.SocksVersion = 5
'  Note: SOCKS4 servers only support usernames without passwords.
'  SOCKS5 servers support full login/password authentication.

'  Connect to an IMAP server through the SOCKS proxy.
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 Long
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 Long
For i = 0 To bundle.MessageCount - 1
    Dim email As ChilkatEmail2
    Set email = bundle.GetEmail(i)
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & email.From & vbCrLf
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & email.Subject & vbCrLf
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "--" & vbCrLf

Next

'  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
imap.Disconnect