Sorting Email

How to sort an email bundle.

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require 'chilkat'

imap = Chilkat::CkImap.new()

# 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() + "\n"
    exit
end

# Connect to an IMAP server.
success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

# Login
success = imap.Login("admin@chilkatsoft.com","*myPassword5*")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

# Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

# We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
fetchUids = true

# Pass any of the above strings here to test a search:
messageSet = imap.Search("ALL",fetchUids)
if (messageSet == nil )
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

# Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:

bundle = imap.FetchHeaders(messageSet)
if (bundle == nil )

    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

# Sort the email bundle by date, recipient, sender, or subject:
ascending = true
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 in 0 .. bundle.get_MessageCount() - 1

    email = bundle.GetEmail(i)

    print email.getHeaderField("Date") + "\n";
    print email.subject() + "\n";
    print email.ck_from() + "\n";
    print "--" + "\n";

end

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