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Check the Last Known IMAP Connection State

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.IsConnected method, which returns the last known connection state without sending any data to the IMAP server. A true result does not prove that an idle connection is still usable. This example connects and reads the state.

Background: IsConnected is a cheap, cached check — it reports what Chilkat last observed without touching the network. That makes it fast, but it can be stale: a server or firewall may have silently dropped an idle connection. When you need to be sure the connection is actually alive, send a lightweight round trip such as Noop, or use CheckConnection for a low-level socket probe.

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<html>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<%
success = 0

'  Demonstrates the Imap.IsConnected method, which returns the last known connection state
'  without sending data to the IMAP server.  A true result does not prove that an idle
'  connection is still usable.

set imap = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993

success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Check the last known connection state (no data is sent to the server).
connected = imap.IsConnected()
If (connected = 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "The IMAP object believes it is connected.") & "</pre>"
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "The IMAP object is not connected.") & "</pre>"
End If

success = imap.Disconnect()
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If


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</body>
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