(C#) Download Unread Email from IMAP Mailbox

Download unread email messages from an IMAP mailbox.

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Chilkat.Imap imap = new Chilkat.Imap();

bool success;

//  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if (success != true) {
    Console.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Connect to an IMAP server.
//  Use TLS
imap.Ssl = true;
imap.Port = 993;
success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com");
if (success != true) {
    Console.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Login
success = imap.Login("admin@chilkatsoft.com","myPassword");
if (success != true) {
    Console.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if (success != true) {
    Console.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.MessageSet messageSet = null;
bool fetchUids = true;

//  Find emails marked as seen or not already seen:
string seenSearch = "SEEN";
string notSeenSearch = "NOT SEEN";

//  Get the set of unseen message UIDs
messageSet = imap.Search(notSeenSearch,fetchUids);
if (messageSet == null ) {
    Console.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Fetch the unseen emails into a bundle object:
Chilkat.EmailBundle bundle = null;
bundle = imap.FetchBundle(messageSet);
if (bundle == null ) {

    Console.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Display the Subject and From of each email.
int i;
for (i = 0; i <= bundle.MessageCount - 1; i++) {
    Chilkat.Email email = null;
    email = bundle.GetEmail(i);

    Console.WriteLine(email.GetHeaderField("Date"));
    Console.WriteLine(email.Subject);
    Console.WriteLine(email.From);
    Console.WriteLine("--");

}

//  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect();