Communicating with an IMAP server over SSH in Java.

Overview

    This article will demonstrate how to use the IMAP component in Secure iNet Factory to communicate with an IMAP server via SSH using Java.

Code Example

Download IMAPSSHEx.java

               

01 import com.jscape.inet.email.EmailMessage; 02 import com.jscape.inet.imapssh.ImapSsh; 03 import com.jscape.inet.ssh.util.SshParameters; 04 05 06 public class IMAPSSHEx 07 { 08  public static void main(String[] args) 09  { 10   11  // connection information for SSH server 12  String sshHostname = "imap4.myserver.com"; 13  String sshUsername = "jsmith"; 14  String sshPassword = "secret"; 15 16  // create new SshParameters instance 17  SshParameters sshParams = new SshParameters(sshHostname,sshUsername,sshPassword); 18  // new instance with SSH parameters hostname, username and password 19  ImapSsh imap = new ImapSsh(sshParams,"imap4.myserver.com","jsmith","secret"); 20   21  try { 22  // connect to IMAP4 server 23  imap.connect(); 24  // get messages 25  int messageCount = imap.getMessageCount(); 26  for(int i = 1; i <= messageCount; ++i) 27  { 28  EmailMessage em = imap.getMessage(i); 29  } 30  // disconnect 31  imap.disconnect(); 32  } 33  catch(Exception e) 34  { 35  System.out.println(e); 36  } 37  } 38 } Lines 1-3   : Necessary import statements. Lines 11-19 : Create an SshParameters instance and pass it to an               ImapSsh instance. Lines 21-30 : Connect to the server and get messages from it. Line 31     : Disconnect from the server. Replace hostname, username and password variable values with your credentials.