Sorting Email

How to sort an email bundle.

Download Chilkat Perl Module

use chilkat;

$imap = new chilkat::CkImap();

# Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
$success = $imap->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# Connect to an IMAP server.
$success = $imap->Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# Login
$success = $imap->Login('admin@chilkatsoft.com',"*myPassword5*");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# 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 == null ) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:

$bundle = $imap->FetchHeaders($messageSet);
if ($bundle == null ) {

    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# 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; $i <= $bundle->get_MessageCount() - 1; $i++) {

    $email = $bundle->GetEmail($i);

    print $email->getHeaderField("Date") . "\r\n";
    print $email->subject() . "\r\n";
    print $email->ck_from() . "\r\n";
    print "--" . "\r\n";

}

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$imap->Disconnect();