Unicode C++

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. Unicode C++

#include <CkImapW.h>
#include <CkEmailW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkImapW imap;

    //  Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    success = imap.Connect(L"imap.mail.me.com");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
    //  (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
    success = imap.Login(L"ICLOUD_USERNAME",L"ICLOUD_PASSWORD");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox(L"Inbox");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  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.

    CkEmailW email;
    int i;
    int n = imap.get_NumMessages();
    bool bUid = false;
    for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

        //  Download the email by sequence number.
        success = imap.FetchEmail(false,i,bUid,email);
        if (success == false) {
            wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        wprintf(L"%d: %s\n",i,email.ck_from());
        wprintf(L"    %s\n",email.subject());
        wprintf(L"-\n");
    }

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

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");

    //  Sample output:

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