Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

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. 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,
  Chilkat.Email;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  imap: TImap;
  email: TEmail;
  i: Integer;
  n: Integer;
  bUid: Boolean;

begin
  success := False;

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

  imap := TImap.Create;

  //  Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
  imap.Ssl := True;
  imap.Port := 993;
  success := imap.Connect('imap.mail.me.com');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    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
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
  success := imap.SelectMailbox('Inbox');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    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.

  email := TEmail.Create;

  n := imap.NumMessages;
  bUid := False;
  for i := 1 to n do
    begin

      //  Download the email by sequence number.
      success := imap.FetchEmail(False,i,bUid,email);
      if (success = False) then
        begin
          WriteLn(imap.LastErrorText);
          Exit;
        end;

      WriteLn(i + ': ' + email.From);
      WriteLn('    ' + email.Subject);
      WriteLn('-');
    end;

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

  WriteLn('Success.');

  //  Sample output:

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


  imap.Free;
  email.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.