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IMAP Subscriptions with Ruby's net/imap
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require 'net/imap' | |
# There's a disconnect between the docs: http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/net/imap/rdoc/index.html | |
# and reality. This is what works for me: | |
# Log in using SSL... Note that this syntax doesn't match the docs at all... | |
# 3rd option is use_ssl | |
imap = Net::IMAP.new('mail.example.com', 993, true) | |
imap.login('username', 'password') | |
# All folders/mailboxes | |
folders = imap.list('', "*") | |
# => [#<struct Net::IMAP::MailboxList attr=[:Hasnochildren], delim="/", name="aeolus-devel">, #<struct Net::IMAP::MailboxList attr=[:Hasnochildren], delim="/", name="announce-list"> ...] | |
# Subscriptions use similar syntax: | |
subs = imap.lsub('', "*") | |
# => [#<struct Net::IMAP::MailboxList attr=[], delim="/", name="aeolus-devel">, #<struct Net::IMAP::MailboxList attr=[], delim="/", name="Drafts"> ...] | |
# See what I'm not subscribed to: | |
no_subs = folders.collect{|x| x.name} - subs.collect{|x| x.name} | |
# => ["boston-list", "Chats", "Contacts", "Emailed Contacts", "INBOX/Sent", "Junk", "Trash"] | |
# Subscribe to some: | |
imap.subscribe('boston-list') | |
# Leave some sillier ones | |
imap.unsubscribe('Drafts') | |
# => #<struct Net::IMAP::TaggedResponse tag="RUBY0010", name="OK", data=#<struct Net::IMAP::ResponseText code=nil, text="UNSUBSCRIBE completed">, raw_data="RUBY0010 OK UNSUBSCRIBE completed\r\n"> |
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