Chilkat2-Python

Unsubscribe from an IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.Unsubscribe method, which removes the subscription to a mailbox. The mailbox itself and its messages are not deleted. This example unsubscribes from a mailbox.

Background: Unsubscribing simply drops a mailbox from the account's subscription list, so clients that show only subscribed folders will stop displaying it — the folder and everything in it remain on the server untouched. This is the counterpart to Subscribe, and is how you declutter a mailbox listing without deleting anything (deleting a folder is DeleteMailbox).

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# Demonstrates the Imap.Unsubscribe method, which removes the subscription to a mailbox.
# The mailbox itself and its messages are not deleted.

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()

# Remove the subscription to a mailbox (the mailbox is not deleted).
success = imap.Unsubscribe("Archive2026")
if (success == False):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("Unsubscribed from the mailbox.")

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