Search IMAP Mailbox for Email Matching Criteria

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uses
    Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
    Dialogs, StdCtrls,
    CHILKATMAILLib2_TLB,
    CHILKATIMAPLib_TLB,
    OleCtrls;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
imap: TChilkatImap;
success: Integer;
messageSet: CHILKATIMAPLib_TLB.IMessageSet;
fetchUids: Integer;
allMsgs: String;
answered: String;
onDate: String;
betweenDates: String;
complexSearch1: String;
bodySearch: String;
orSearch: String;
fromSearch: String;
johnSearch: String;
recentSearch: String;
notRecentSearch: String;
oldSearch: String;
markedForDeleteSearch: String;
headerSearch: String;
headerExistsSearch: String;
newSearch: String;
sizeLargerSearch: String;
seenSearch: String;
notSeenSearch: String;
toSearch: String;
toSearch2: String;
smallerSearch: String;
fullSubstringSearch: String;
bundle: CHILKATIMAPLib_TLB.IChilkatEmailBundle2;
i: Integer;
email: CHILKATIMAPLib_TLB.IChilkatEmail2;

begin
imap := TChilkatImap.Create(Self);

//  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success := imap.UnlockComponent('Anything for 30-day trial');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Connect to an IMAP server.
success := imap.Connect('mail.chilkatsoft.com');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Login
success := imap.Login('admin@chilkatsoft.com','*myPassword5*');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
success := imap.SelectMailbox('Inbox');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
fetchUids := 1;

//  Here are examples of different search criteria:

//  Return all messages.
allMsgs := 'ALL';

//  Search for already-answered emails.
answered := 'ANSWERED';

//  Search for messages on a specific date.
//  The date string is DD-Month-YYYY where Month is
//  Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, or Dec.
onDate := 'SENTON 05-Mar-2007';

//  Search for messages between two dates.  SENTBEFORE
//  finds emails sent before a date, and SENTSINCE finds
//  email sent on or after a date.  The "AND" operation
//  is implied by joining criteria, separated by spaces.
betweenDates := 'SENTSINCE 01-Mar-2007 SENTBEFORE 05-Mar-2007';

//  Another example of AND: find all unanswered emails
//  sent after 04-Mar-2007 with "Problem" in the subject:
complexSearch1 := 'UNANSWERED SENTSINCE 04-Mar-2007 Subject "Problem"';

//  Find messages with a specific string in the body:
bodySearch := 'BODY "problem solved"';

//  Using OR.  The syntax is OR <criteria1> <criteria2>.
//  The "OR" comes first, followed by each criteria.
//  For example, to match all emails with "Help" or "Question" in the subject.
//  You'll notice that literal strings may be quoted or unquoted.
//  If a literal contains SPACE characters, quote it:
orSearch := 'OR SUBJECT Help SUBJECT Question';

//  ----------------------------------------------
//  Strings are case-insensitive when searching....
//  ----------------------------------------------

//  Find all emails sent from yahoo.com addresses:
fromSearch := 'FROM yahoo.com';
//  Find all emails sent from anyone with "John" in their name:
johnSearch := 'FROM John';

//  Find emails with the RECENT flag set:
recentSearch := 'RECENT';

//  Find emails that don't have the recent flag set:
notRecentSearch := 'NOT RECENT';
//  This is synonymous with "OLD":
oldSearch := 'OLD';

//  Find all emails marked for deletion:
markedForDeleteSearch := 'DELETED';

//  Find all emails having a specified header field with a value
//  containing a substring:
headerSearch := 'HEADER DomainKey-Signature paypal.com';

//  Find any emails having a specific header field.  If the
//  2nd argument to the "HEADER" criteria is an empty string,
//  any email having the header field is returned regardless
//  of the header field's content.
//  Find any emails with a DomainKey-Signature field:
headerExistsSearch := 'HEADER DomainKey-Signature ""';

//  Find NEW emails: these are emails that have the RECENT flag
//  set, but not the SEEN flag:
newSearch := 'NEW';

//  Find emails larger than a certain number of bytes:
sizeLargerSearch := 'LARGER 500000';

//  Find emails marked as seen or not already seen:
seenSearch := 'SEEN';
notSeenSearch := 'NOT SEEN';

//  Find emails having a given substring in the TO header field:
toSearch := 'TO support@chilkatsoft.com';
//  A more long-winded way to do the same thing:
toSearch2 := 'HEADER TO support@chilkatsoft.com';

//  Find emails smaller than a size in bytes:
smallerSearch := 'SMALLER 30000';

//  Find emails that have a substring anywhere in the header
//  or body:
fullSubstringSearch := 'TEXT "Zip Component"';

//  Pass any of the above strings here to test a search:
messageSet := imap.Search(orSearch,fetchUids);
if (messageSet = nil ) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:

bundle := imap.FetchHeaders(messageSet);
if (bundle = nil ) then
  begin

    ShowMessage(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Display the Subject and From of each email.

for i := 0 to bundle.MessageCount - 1 do
  begin

    email := bundle.GetEmail(i) As CHILKATIMAPLib_TLB.IChilkatEmail2;

    Memo1.Lines.Add(email.GetHeaderField('Date'));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(email.Subject);
    Memo1.Lines.Add(email.From);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('--');

  end;

//  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
imap.Disconnect();


end;