Perl

Select an IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.SelectMailbox method, which opens a mailbox for read-write access. A mailbox must be selected before message fetch, search, flag, copy, move, or expunge operations that act on messages. This example selects the Inbox.

Background: In IMAP, mail is organized into mailboxes (folders), and most message operations act on the currently selected one — so selecting a mailbox is the required step between logging in and working with messages. SelectMailbox opens it read-write, allowing changes such as setting flags or deleting. When you only need to read and must not alter anything (including the \Seen flag), use ExamineMailbox instead.

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use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# Demonstrates the Imap.SelectMailbox method, which opens a mailbox for read-write access.
# A mailbox must be selected before message fetch, search, flag, copy, move, or expunge
# operations that act on messages.

my $imap = Chilkat2::Imap->new;

$imap->Ssl(1);
$imap->Port(993);

my $success = $imap->Connect('imap.example.com');
if (!$success) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $imap->Login('user@example.com', 'myPassword');
if (!$success) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Open the Inbox for read-write access.
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox('Inbox');
if (!$success) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print "Inbox selected for read-write access.\n";

$success = $imap->Disconnect();
if (!$success) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}