Sort Email by Date

Read a POP3 mailbox and sort by Date. The POP3 protocol does not provide the ability to download emails within a date range. However, once emails are downloaded, they may be sorted by date using the Chilkat email bundle object.

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#include <C_CkMailMan.h>
#include <C_CkEmailBundle.h>
#include <C_CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkMailMan mailman;
    BOOL success;
    HCkEmailBundle bundle;
    long numBodyLines;
    BOOL ascending;
    long i;
    HCkEmail email;

    //  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
    //  and sending (SMTP) email.
    mailman = CkMailMan_Create();

    //  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.

    success = CkMailMan_UnlockComponent(mailman,"30-day trial");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("Component unlock failed\n");
        return;
    }

    //  Set the POP3 server's hostname
    CkMailMan_putMailHost(mailman,"mail.chilkatsoft.com");

    //  Set the POP3 login/password.
    CkMailMan_putPopUsername(mailman,"matt@chilkatsoft.com");
    CkMailMan_putPopPassword(mailman,"****");

    //  Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox
    //  into a bundle object.  The email remains on the server.
    //  You may copy full emails, or headers-only. Call CopyMail
    //  to copy full emails.  Call GetAllHeaders to copy email headers.
    //  bundle = mailman.CopyMail();

    numBodyLines = 1;
    bundle = CkMailMan_GetAllHeaders(mailman,numBodyLines);

    if (bundle == 0 ) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
        return;
    }

    //  Sort the email in the bundle by date.

    ascending = TRUE;
    CkEmailBundle_SortByDate(bundle,ascending);

    for (i = 0; i <= CkEmailBundle_getMessageCount(bundle) - 1; i++) {
        email = CkEmailBundle_GetEmail(bundle,i);
        printf("%s\n",CkEmail_getHeaderField(email,"Date"));
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
    }

    CkEmailBundle_Dispose(bundle);

    CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);

    }