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IMAP Capability

Demonstrates how to send the CAPABILITY command to request a listing of capabilities that the IMAP server supports. A capability name which begins with "AUTH=" indicates that the server supports that particular authentication mechanism.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkImap imap = new CkImap();

    // Use TLS
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    success = imap.Connect("MY-IMAP-DOMAIN");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Authenticate
    success = imap.Login("MY-IMAP-LOGIN","MY-IMAP-PASSWORD");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Get the list of capabilities:
    String caps = imap.capability();
    System.out.println("Capabilities: " + caps);

    // Here is an example of the string returned:
    // * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 
    // UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE ENABLE MOVE CONDSTORE ESEARCH UTF8=ACCEPT APPENDLIMIT=35882577
    // LIST-EXTENDED LIST-STATUS

    // Chilkat v9.5.0.58 introduces the HasCapability method to
    // check to see if a particular capability exists:
    if (imap.HasCapability("QUOTA",caps) == true) {
        System.out.println("IMAP server supports the QUOTA extension.");
        }

    if (imap.HasCapability("IDLE",caps) == true) {
        System.out.println("IMAP server supports IDLE.");
        }

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.Disconnect();
  }
}