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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

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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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Imap;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  imap: TImap;
  caps: string;

begin
  success := False;

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

  imap := TImap.Create;

  //  Use TLS
  imap.Ssl := True;
  imap.Port := 993;
  success := imap.Connect('MY-IMAP-DOMAIN');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Authenticate
  success := imap.Login('MY-IMAP-LOGIN','MY-IMAP-PASSWORD');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Get the list of capabilities:
  caps := imap.Capability();
  WriteLn('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) = True) then
    begin
      WriteLn('IMAP server supports the QUOTA extension.');
    end;

  if (imap.HasCapability('IDLE',caps) = True) then
    begin
      WriteLn('IMAP server supports IDLE.');
    end;

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


  imap.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.