Copy an Email from One Mailbox to Another

Copies an email from one IMAP folder to another. After running this example, copies of the email will be present in both source and destination folders.

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// Needs #include <CkImap.h>
// Needs #include <CkMessageSet.h>

    CkString strOut;

    //  This example copies an email from one mailbox to another.
    CkImap imap;

    bool success;

    //  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
    success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    //  Turn on session logging:
    imap.put_KeepSessionLog(true);

    //  Connect to an IMAP server.
    success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    //  Login
    success = imap.Login("***","***");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    //  Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox.testing.a");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    CkMessageSet *messageSet = 0;
    bool fetchUids;
    fetchUids = true;

    //  Get the message IDs for all emails having "Re:" in the subject.
    messageSet = imap.Search("SUBJECT Re:",fetchUids);
    if (messageSet == 0 ) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    //  Copy the messages from "Inbox.testing.a" to "Inbox.testing.b" in one call to CopyMultiple:
    success = imap.CopyMultiple(*messageSet,"Inbox.testing.b");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    //  Alternatively, loop over each message in the set and
    //  copy each separately:
    long i;
    long n;
    n = messageSet->get_Count();
    if (n > 0) {
        for (i = 0; i <= n - 1; i++) {
            long msgId;
            msgId = messageSet->GetId(i);
            bool isUid;
            isUid = messageSet->get_HasUids();
            success = imap.Copy(msgId,isUid,"Inbox.testing.c");
            if (success != true) {
                strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
                strOut.append("\r\n");
                SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
                return;
            }

        }

    }

    //  Display the session log.
    strOut.append(imap.sessionLog());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

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

    delete messageSet;

    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());