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Tcl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

IMAP Copy Email from Selected Folder to Another Folder

Copies an email from the selected mailbox (folder) to another mailbox (folder).

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load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

#  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
#  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

#  This example copies an email from one mailbox to another.
set imap [new_CkImap]

#  Turn on session logging for debugging.
CkImap_put_KeepSessionLog $imap 1

#  Connect using TLS.
CkImap_put_Ssl $imap 1
CkImap_put_Port $imap 993
set success [CkImap_Connect $imap "imap.example.com"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

#  Authenticate
set success [CkImap_Login $imap "email_account_login" "email_account_password"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

#  Select an IMAP mailbox
set success [CkImap_SelectMailbox $imap "Inbox"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

#  Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
set fetchUids 1
set criteria "SUBJECT \"Test email\""
set messageSet [new_CkMessageSet]

set success [CkImap_QueryMbx $imap $criteria $fetchUids $messageSet]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet
    exit
}

#  Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
if {[CkMessageSet_get_Count $messageSet] > 0} then {
    set success [CkImap_Copy $imap [CkMessageSet_GetId $messageSet 0] [CkMessageSet_get_HasUids $messageSet] "Inbox/testFolder"]
    if {$success != 1} then {
        puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    }

}

puts [CkImap_sessionLog $imap]

puts "OK"

#  Sample sessiong log:

#  ----INFO----
#  Connecting to IMAP server at outlook.office365.com:993
#  ----IMAP RESPONSE----
#  * OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service is ready. [QgBMADAAUABSADAAMQAwADIAQwBBADAAMAA3ADAALgBwAHIAbwBkAC4AZQB4AGMAaABhAG4AZwBlAGwAYQBiAHMALgBjAG8AbQA=]
#  ----IMAP REQUEST----
#  aaab LOGIN "chilkat@live.com"
#  ----IMAP RESPONSE----
#  aaab OK LOGIN completed.
#  ----IMAP REQUEST----
#  aaac SELECT "Inbox"
#  ----IMAP RESPONSE----
#  * 28 EXISTS
#  * 0 RECENT
#  * FLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)
#  * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)] Permanent flags
#  * OK [UNSEEN 23] Is the first unseen message
#  * OK [UIDVALIDITY 14] UIDVALIDITY value
#  * OK [UIDNEXT 6416] The next unique identifier value
#  aaac OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed.
#  ----IMAP REQUEST----
#  aaad UID SEARCH SUBJECT "Test email"
#  ----IMAP RESPONSE----
#  * SEARCH 6414
#  aaad OK SEARCH completed.
#  ----IMAP REQUEST----
#  aaae UID COPY 6414 "Inbox/testFolder"
#  ----IMAP RESPONSE----
#  aaae OK [COPYUID 180 6414 1] COPY completed.
#  
#  OK

delete_CkImap $imap
delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet