v9.5.0.26 Micro Update: IMAP IDLE Functionality Added
Added the IdleStart, IdleDone, and IdleCheck methods to the IMAP API. See the online reference documentation for details.
9.4.1.9 (pre-release) IMAP SetFlag fix.
Fixed Imap.SetFlag so that it returns a failed status if the IMAP server response is something other than “OK”.
9.4.1.8 (pre-release) IMAP FetchAttachment fix
Added Imap.SendRawCommandB method. It is the same as SendRawCommand but returns bytes instead of a string. Also fixed Imap.FetchAttachment so that it adheres to the PeekMode property.
Email Attachment Info when Downloading from IMAP without Attachments
If the Imap.AutoDownloadAttachments property is set to false, or if headers-only are downloaded, then emails will be downloaded without attachments. However, attachment information, such as the count, and the size and filename of each attachment is still available. When an email is downloaded from an IMAP server without the attachment …
IMAP: Download email without attachments and downloading attachments separately.
Chilkat version 9.3.0, being released this week, includes new IMAP functionality to fetch emails without downloading attachments, and then subsequently fetch attachments one at a time separately. There is a new boolean property named “AutoDownloadAttachments”, which has a default value of True (YES). If set to False (NO), then all …
IMAP: Sequence numbers change when deleting (but not UID’s)
Question: When using IMAP and fetching emails by sequence, does looping through the sequence get affected by deleting in mid-sequence or other changes to the mailbox’s content on the server? Answer: The answer is obtained by examining the IMAP specification (RFC 3501). Here’s what it says: 2.3.1.2. Message Sequence Number …
GMail Labels are just IMAP Mailboxes
Question: I’m going to be using them in VB.Net to process a GMail inbox. In GMail they use Labels instead of folders. Are the labels that belong to an email visible via your tool? Ideally the VB application would process the inbox, and perform actions based on the label. Answer: …
VB6 Error — “TYPE MISMATCH (ERROR CODE 13)” w/ IMAP Search method
This happens if the Chilkat ActiveX objects are dragged and dropped onto your formvia the “Project–>Components” menu. Instead, add a reference to the objects via the “Project–>References” menu. Instances of the object should be created dynamically. For example: Dim imap as ChilkatImap Set imap = New ChilkatImap
IMAP Authentication using OAUTH
Using the Chilkat IMAP component/library, it is possible to authenticate using OAUTH via the SendRawCommand method. Instead of calling the imap.Login method, you would instead call imap.SendRawCommand as shown here: string response = imap.SendRawCommand(“AUTHENTICATE XOAUTH <base64_data>”); Your application will need to compute the OAUTH base64 string. Chilkat does not implement …
IMAP Login: BAD Command received in Invalid state.
This error can happen if you connect to an IMAP server without SSL/TLS (i.e. at port 143) but the server does not allow unsecure sessions. Oddly enough, the Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 server will accept the connection, but will fail any login attempt with this error. Here is a sample SessionLog: …