Fetch Oldest/Newest IMAP Email

Emails may be downloaded by sequence number. Assuming the selected mailbox is not empty, the oldest email is at sequence number 1, and the newest email is at sequence number N. The FetchSingle method may be used to download by sequence number.

Download Chilkat IMAP ActiveX

Dim imap As New ChilkatImap

Dim success As Long

'  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Connect to an IMAP server.
success = imap.Connect("mail.testemail.net")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Login
success = imap.Login("***","***")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  After selecting a mailbox, the NumMessages property
'  contains the number of emails in the selected mailbox.
Dim n As Long
n = imap.NumMessages

If (n > 0) Then

    '  The oldest email is always at sequence number 1.
    Dim isUid As Long
    isUid = 0

    Dim oldestEmail As ChilkatEmail2
    Set oldestEmail = imap.FetchSingle(1,isUid)
    If (Not (oldestEmail Is Nothing )) Then

        '  Display the From and Subject
        Text1.Text = Text1.Text & oldestEmail.FromAddress & vbCrLf
        Text1.Text = Text1.Text & oldestEmail.Subject & vbCrLf

        Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "--" & vbCrLf

    End If

    '  The newest email is at sequence number N:
    Dim newestEmail As ChilkatEmail2
    Set newestEmail = imap.FetchSingle(n,isUid)
    If (Not (newestEmail Is Nothing )) Then

        '  Display the From and Subject
        Text1.Text = Text1.Text & newestEmail.FromAddress & vbCrLf
        Text1.Text = Text1.Text & newestEmail.Subject & vbCrLf

    End If

End If

'  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
imap.Disconnect