(Perl) Read IMAP Mailbox

Read all emails from an IMAP mailbox.

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

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

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

# Connect to an IMAP server.
# Use TLS
$imap->put_Ssl(1);
$imap->put_Port(993);
$success = $imap->Connect("imap.example.com");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Login
$success = $imap->Login("myLogin","myPassword");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
# We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
$fetchUids = 1;
$messageSet = chilkat::CkMessageSet->new();
$success = $imap->QueryMbx("ALL",$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
$bundle = chilkat::CkEmailBundle->new();
$headersOnly = 0;
$success = $imap->FetchMsgSet($headersOnly,$messageSet,$bundle);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Loop over the bundle and display the FROM and SUBJECT of each.
$email = chilkat::CkEmail->new();
$i = 0;
$numEmails = $bundle->get_MessageCount();
while ($i < $numEmails) {

    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$email);

    print $email->ck_from() . "\r\n";
    print $email->subject() . "\r\n";
    print "--" . "\r\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$success = $imap->Disconnect();