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Demonstrates IMAP Session Logging

Demonstrates how to enable IMAP session logging and examine the session log.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

imap = chilkat2.Imap()

# Turn on session logging:
imap.KeepSessionLog = True

# Connect to GMail
# Use TLS
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.gmail.com")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Login
# Your login is typically your GMail email address.
success = imap.Login("username@gmail.com","myPassword")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Show the session log.
print(imap.SessionLog)

# The session log will look like this:

# ----INFO----
# Connecting to IMAP server at imap.gmail.com:993
# ----IMAP RESPONSE----
# * OK Gimap ready for requests from ...
# ----IMAP REQUEST----
# aaab LOGIN "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
# ----IMAP RESPONSE----
# * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE ENABLE MOVE CONDSTORE ESEARCH UTF8=ACCEPT LIST-EXTENDED LIST-STATUS LITERAL- SPECIAL-USE APPENDLIMIT=35651584
# aaab OK chilkat.support@gmail.com authenticated (Success)
# ----IMAP REQUEST----
# aaac SELECT "Inbox"
# ----IMAP RESPONSE----
# * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen $Forwarded $MDNSent $NotPhishing $Phishing $label1 $label2 $label3 $label4 $label5 Junk NonJunk)
# * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen $Forwarded $MDNSent $NotPhishing $Phishing $label1 $label2 $label3 $label4 $label5 Junk NonJunk \*)] Flags permitted.
# * OK [UIDVALIDITY 3] UIDs valid.
# * 29 EXISTS
# * 0 RECENT
# * OK [UIDNEXT 6286] Predicted next UID.
# * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 813897]
# aaac OK [READ-WRITE] Inbox selected. (Success)

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect()