Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Create Email Folder (sub-Mailbox)

How to create a new email folder (sub-mailbox). (In GMail, folders are called "labels". This example would create a new "label" in GMail.) 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;

begin
  success := False;

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

  imap := TImap.Create;

  imap.Ssl := True;
  imap.Port := 993;

  //  Connect to an IMAP server.
  success := imap.Connect('imap.gmail.com');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Login
  success := imap.Login('myLogin','myPassword');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Create the new email folder (sub-mailbox) on the IMAP server.
  //  If no folder path is provided, the new folder is a sub-mailbox of Inbox.
  success := imap.CreateMailbox('newFolder');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  (In GMail, folders are called "labels".  
  //  This example would create a new "label" in GMail.)

  //  Now create a sub-folder under "newFolder".
  //  Make sure to use the proper separator char for your IMAP server.
  //  The separator char used here is "/".   It is typically "/" or ".".
  //  The SeparatorChar property contains the separator char
  //  that should be used for the current IMAP session.
  success := imap.CreateMailbox('newFolder/subFolder_A');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('Success.');


  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.