(Perl) Transition from Imap.CheckForNewEmail to Imap.QueryMbx

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated CheckForNewEmail method calls with QueryMbx.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux

use chilkat();

$imap = chilkat::CkImap->new();

# ...
# ...

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The CheckForNewEmail method is deprecated:

# msgSetObj is a MessageSet
$msgSetObj = $imap->CheckForNewEmail();
if ($imap->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# ...
# ...

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Do the equivalent using QueryMbx.
# Your application creates a new, empty MessageSet object which is passed 
# in the last argument and filled upon success.

$criteria = "new-email";
$bUid = 1;

$msgSet = chilkat::CkMessageSet->new();
$success = $imap->QueryMbx($criteria,$bUid,$msgSet);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}