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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import sys
import chilkat

#  This example copies an email from one mailbox to another.
imap = chilkat.CkImap()

#  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print imap.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Turn on session logging:
imap.put_KeepSessionLog(True)

#  Connect to an IMAP server.
success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com")
if (success != True):
    print imap.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Login
success = imap.Login("***","***")
if (success != True):
    print imap.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox.testing.a")
if (success != True):
    print imap.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

fetchUids = True

#  Get the message IDs for all emails having "Re:" in the subject.
messageSet = imap.Search("SUBJECT Re:",fetchUids)
if (messageSet == None ):
    print imap.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  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):
    print imap.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Alternatively, loop over each message in the set and
#  copy each separately:

n = messageSet.get_Count()
if (n > 0):
    for i in range(0,n):
        msgId = messageSet.GetId(i)
        isUid = messageSet.get_HasUids()
        success = imap.Copy(msgId,isUid,"Inbox.testing.c")
        if (success != True):
            print imap.lastErrorText()
            sys.exit()

#  Display the session log.
print imap.sessionLog()

#  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
imap.Disconnect()