use std::net::TcpStream; fn main() { // REMINDER this is dangerous, the credentials are sent over the connection in CLEARTEXT! // Anyone or anything between this connection and the server can read your login creds! // Please oh please do not use this where this is even a possibility. match plaintext() { Ok(conn) => { eprintln!("Connection successful!"); println!("{:?}", conn); } Err(e) => { eprintln!("Connection error!"); eprintln!("{:?}", e); } } } fn plaintext() -> imap::error::Result> { let stream = TcpStream::connect("imap.example.com:143").unwrap(); let mut client = imap::Client::new(stream); client.read_greeting()?; eprintln!("\nUNENCRYPTED connection made!!!!\n"); eprintln!("This is highly not recommended.\n"); // to do anything useful with the e-mails, we need to log in // keep in mind that this is over plain TCP, so may leak all your secrets! let mut imap_session = client.login("user", "pass").unwrap(); // we want to fetch the first email in the INBOX mailbox imap_session.select("INBOX")?; // fetch message number 1 in this mailbox, along with its RFC822 field. // RFC 822 dictates the format of the body of e-mails let messages = imap_session.fetch("1", "RFC822")?; let message = if let Some(m) = messages.iter().next() { m } else { return Ok(None); }; // extract the message's body let body = message .body() .map(|body| String::from_utf8(body.to_vec()).expect("message was not valid utf-8")) .unwrap_or_else(String::new); // be nice to the server and log out imap_session.logout()?; Ok(Some(body)) }