Java

Subscribe to an IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.Subscribe method, which subscribes the authenticated IMAP account to a mailbox. Subscription controls which mailboxes are returned by subscribed-mailbox listings. This example subscribes to a mailbox.

Background: An account can have many mailboxes, but a user often cares about only some of them. IMAP's subscription list is that curated set: mail clients typically show subscribed folders by default and hide the rest. Subscribing does not create or change a mailbox — it only adds it to the "show me this one" list (retrieved with a subscribed-only listing). Unsubscribe removes it from that list.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Imap;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Demonstrates the Imap.Subscribe method, which subscribes the authenticated IMAP account to
        // a mailbox.  Subscription controls which mailboxes are returned by subscribed-mailbox
        // listings.

        Imap imap = new Imap();

        imap.setSsl(true);
        imap.setPort(993);

        try {
            imap.connect("imap.example.com");

            imap.login("user@example.com", "myPassword");

            // Subscribe to a mailbox.
            imap.subscribe("Archive2026");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Subscribed to the mailbox.");

        try {
            imap.disconnect();
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }
    }
}