Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Read iCloud Email Account using IMAP

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Demonstrates how to set the IMAP settings for an iCloud email account and downloads the email from Inbox. Lua

    -- In the following call to loadlib, change the path (./chilkat.dll) to the relative or absolute directory where the chilkat.dll, chilkat.so, or chilkat.dylib is located.
    chilkat = assert(package.loadlib("./chilkat.dll", "luaopen_chilkat"))()
    print(chilkat._VERSION)

    local success = false

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

    local imap = chilkat.newImap{}

    --  Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
    imap:setSsl(true)
    imap:setPort(993)
    success = imap:Connect("imap.mail.me.com")
    if success == false then
        print(imap:LastErrorText())

    end

    --  The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
    --  (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
    success = imap:Login("ICLOUD_USERNAME","ICLOUD_PASSWORD")
    if success == false then
        print(imap:LastErrorText())

    end

    --  Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
    success = imap:SelectMailbox("Inbox")
    if success == false then
        print(imap:LastErrorText())

    end

    --  Once the folder/mailbox is selected, the NumMessages property
    --  will contain the number of emails in the mailbox.
    --  Loop from 1 to NumMessages to fetch each email by sequence number.

    local email = chilkat.newEmail{}

    local n = imap:NumMessages()
    local bUid = false
    for i = 1, n do

        --  Download the email by sequence number.
        success = imap:FetchEmail(false,i,bUid,email)
        if success == false then
            print(imap:LastErrorText())

        end

        print(i, ": ", email:From())
        print("    ", email:Subject())
        print("-")
    end

    --  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap:Disconnect()

    print("Success.")

    --  Sample output:

    --  	1: iCloud <noreply@email.apple.com>
    --  	    Welcome to iCloud Mail.
    --  	-
    --  	2: "Chilkat Software" <support@chilkatsoft.com>
    --  	    This is a test
    --  	-
    --  	Success.