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Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

List IMAP Mailboxes

List the mailboxes available within an IMAP account.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oImap
LOCAL cRefName
LOCAL cWildcardedMailbox
LOCAL nSubscribed
LOCAL oMboxes
LOCAL i

nSuccess := 0

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

oImap := CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

//  Connect to an IMAP server.
//  Use TLS
oImap:Ssl := 1
oImap:Port := 993
nSuccess := oImap:Connect("MY-IMAP-DOMAIN")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Login
nSuccess := oImap:Login("MY-IMAP-LOGIN", "MY-IMAP-PASSWORD")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

cRefName := ""
//  refName is usually set to an empty string.
//  A non-empty reference name argument is the name of a mailbox or a level of
//  mailbox hierarchy, and indicates the context in which the mailbox
//  name is interpreted.

//  Select all mailboxes matching this pattern:
cWildcardedMailbox := "*"

nSubscribed := 0

oMboxes := CreateObject("Chilkat.Mailboxes")
nSuccess := oImap:MbxList(nSubscribed, cRefName, cWildcardedMailbox, oMboxes)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oMboxes:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

i := 0
DO WHILE i < oMboxes:Count
    ? oMboxes:GetName(i)
    i := i + 1
ENDDO

//  Sample output looks like this:
//  INBOX.vendors.shareit
//  INBOX.oldSupport
//  INBOX.vendors.paypal
//  INBOX.sales
//  INBOX.lists
//  INBOX.Drafts
//  INBOX.vendors.dell
//  INBOX.Trash
//  INBOX.invoiceRequests
//  INBOX.purchases
//  INBOX.vendors.inMotion
//  INBOX.oldEmail
//  INBOX.vendors
//  INBOX.lists.python
//  INBOX.vendors.myhosting
//  INBOX.Templates
//  INBOX.friends
//  INBOX.bounceSamples
//  INBOX.lists.ruby
//  INBOX.vendors.peer1
//  INBOX.Sent
//  INBOX.Junk
//  INBOX

//  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
nSuccess := oImap:Disconnect()

oImap:destroy()
oMboxes:destroy()