B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Read iCloud Email Account using IMAP

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Demonstrates how to set the IMAP settings for an iCloud email account and downloads the email from Inbox. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim imap As ChilkatImap
imap.Initialize("imap")

'  Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.mail.me.com")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
'  (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
success = imap.Login("ICLOUD_USERNAME", "ICLOUD_PASSWORD")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Once the folder/mailbox is selected, the NumMessages property
'  will contain the number of emails in the mailbox.
'  Loop from 1 to NumMessages to fetch each email by sequence number.

Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize
Dim i As Int
Dim n As Int = imap.NumMessages
Dim bUid As Boolean = False
For i = 1 To n

    '  Download the email by sequence number.
    success = imap.FetchEmail(False, i, bUid, email)
    If success = False Then
        Log(imap.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If


    Log(i & ": " & email.From)
    Log("    " & email.Subject)
    Log("-")
Next

'  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect

Log("Success.")

'  Sample output:

'  	1: iCloud <noreply@email.apple.com>
'  	    Welcome to iCloud Mail.
'  	-
'  	2: "Chilkat Software" <support@chilkatsoft.com>
'  	    This is a test
'  	-
'  	Success.