Sorting Email

How to sort an email bundle.

Download Chilkat IMAP ActiveX

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;
bundle: CHILKATIMAPLib_TLB.IChilkatEmailBundle2;
ascending: Integer;
i: Integer;
email: CHILKATMAILLib2_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('myLogin','myPassword');
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;

//  Pass any of the above strings here to test a search:
messageSet := imap.Search('ALL',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;

//  Sort the email bundle by date, recipient, sender, or subject:
ascending := 1;
bundle.SortByDate(ascending);

//  To sort by recipient, sender, or subject, call
//  SortBySender, SortByRecipient, or SortBySubject.

//  Display the Subject and From of each email.

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

    email := bundle.GetEmail(i) As CHILKATMAILLib2_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;