mail::account Native API reference
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# mail::account Native API reference

A mail::account object represents a "mail account". An account is a collection of folders (mail::folder objects). The folders are arranged in a hierarchy, top to bottom. A folder must be "opened", before messages in the folder can be read. One folder, per account, can be opened at a time. Opening another folder closes the previous folder. mail::account objects contain methods for enumerating and navigating the mail::folder objects, and for accessing messages in the currently-open folder.

Most of the following mail::account methods are asynchronous. They do not wait for the requested action to complete. They accept a mail::callback, or one of its subclasses, as an argument. A completed request results in invoking either the `success` or the `fail` method of the mail::callback object. The mail::account methods return immediately even if the request cannot be completed immediately. The mail::account::process(3x) method handles outstanding requests, and it will invoke the `success` or the `fail` method when the request is finally completed.

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