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IMAP Capability

Demonstrates how to send the CAPABILITY command to request a listing of capabilities that the IMAP server supports. A capability name which begins with "AUTH=" indicates that the server supports that particular authentication mechanism.

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

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Imap imap = new Imap();

        // Use TLS
        imap.setSsl(true);
        imap.setPort(993);
        try {
            imap.connect("MY-IMAP-DOMAIN");

            // Authenticate
            imap.login("MY-IMAP-LOGIN", "MY-IMAP-PASSWORD");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Get the list of capabilities:
        String caps = imap.capability();
        System.out.println("Capabilities: " + caps);

        // Here is an example of the string returned:
        // * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1
        // UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE ENABLE MOVE CONDSTORE ESEARCH UTF8=ACCEPT APPENDLIMIT=35882577
        // LIST-EXTENDED LIST-STATUS

        // Chilkat v9.5.0.58 introduces the HasCapability method to
        // check to see if a particular capability exists:
        if (imap.hasCapability("QUOTA", caps)) {
            System.out.println("IMAP server supports the QUOTA extension.");
        }

        if (imap.hasCapability("IDLE", caps)) {
            System.out.println("IMAP server supports IDLE.");
        }

        // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
        imap.disconnect();
    }
}