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MimeKit

IImapClientCapabilities Property

Get the capabilities supported by the IMAP server.

Namespace: MailKit.Net.Imap
Assembly: MailKit (in MailKit.dll) Version: 4.7.1
Syntax
C#
ImapCapabilities Capabilities { get; set; }

Property Value

ImapCapabilities
The capabilities.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException Capabilities cannot be enabled, they may only be disabled.
Remarks
The capabilities will not be known until a successful connection has been made via one of the Connect methods and may change as a side-effect of calling one of the Authenticate methods.
Example
C#
public static void Capabilities ()
{
    using (var client = new ImapClient ()) {
        client.Connect ("imap.gmail.com", 993, SecureSocketOptions.SslOnConnect);

        var mechanisms = string.Join (", ", client.AuthenticationMechanisms);
        Console.WriteLine ("The IMAP server supports the following SASL authentication mechanisms: {0}", mechanisms);

        client.Authenticate ("username", "password");

        if (client.Capabilities.HasFlag (ImapCapabilities.Id)) {
            var clientImplementation = new ImapImplementation { Name = "MailKit", Version = "1.0" };
            var serverImplementation = client.Identify (clientImplementation);

            Console.WriteLine ("Server implementation details:");
            foreach (var property in serverImplementation.Properties)
                Console.WriteLine ("  {0} = {1}", property.Key, property.Value);
        }

        if (client.Capabilities.HasFlag (ImapCapabilities.Acl)) {
            Console.WriteLine ("The IMAP server supports Access Control Lists.");

            Console.WriteLine ("The IMAP server supports the following access rights: {0}", client.Rights);

            Console.WriteLine ("The Inbox has the following access controls:");
            var acl = client.Inbox.GetAccessControlList ();
            foreach (var ac in acl)
                Console.WriteLine ("  {0} = {1}", ac.Name, ac.Rights);

            var myRights = client.Inbox.GetMyAccessRights ();
            Console.WriteLine ("Your current rights for the Inbox folder are: {0}", myRights);
        }

        if (client.Capabilities.HasFlag (ImapCapabilities.Quota)) {
            Console.WriteLine ("The IMAP server supports quotas.");

            Console.WriteLine ("The current quota for the Inbox is:");
            var quota = client.Inbox.GetQuota ();

            if (quota.StorageLimit.HasValue)
                Console.WriteLine ("  Limited by storage space. Using {0} out of {1} bytes.", quota.CurrentStorageSize.Value, quota.StorageLimit.Value);

            if (quota.MessageLimit.HasValue)
                Console.WriteLine ("  Limited by the number of messages. Using {0} out of {1} bytes.", quota.CurrentMessageCount.Value, quota.MessageLimit.Value);

            Console.WriteLine ("The quota root is: {0}", quota.QuotaRoot);
        }

        if (client.Capabilities.HasFlag (ImapCapabilities.Thread)) {
            if (client.ThreadingAlgorithms.Contains (ThreadingAlgorithm.OrderedSubject))
                Console.WriteLine ("The IMAP server supports threading by subject.");
            if (client.ThreadingAlgorithms.Contains (ThreadingAlgorithm.References))
                Console.WriteLine ("The IMAP server supports threading by references.");
        }

        client.Disconnect (true);
    }
}
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