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Select an IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.SelectMailbox method, which opens a mailbox for read-write access. A mailbox must be selected before message fetch, search, flag, copy, move, or expunge operations that act on messages. This example selects the Inbox.

Background: In IMAP, mail is organized into mailboxes (folders), and most message operations act on the currently selected one — so selecting a mailbox is the required step between logging in and working with messages. SelectMailbox opens it read-write, allowing changes such as setting flags or deleting. When you only need to read and must not alter anything (including the \Seen flag), use ExamineMailbox instead.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# Demonstrates the Imap.SelectMailbox method, which opens a mailbox for read-write access.
# A mailbox must be selected before message fetch, search, flag, copy, move, or expunge
# operations that act on messages.

imap = chilkat2.Imap()

imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993

success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if (success == False):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

success = imap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword")
if (success == False):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Open the Inbox for read-write access.
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (success == False):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("Inbox selected for read-write access.")

success = imap.Disconnect()
if (success == False):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()