Send IMAP Raw Command and Receive Response

Demonstrates how to send an arbitrary (raw) command to an IMAP server and receive the response. This example will set the "Seen" flag for an email with a pre-known UID.

Note: Normally, you would call the SetFlag method to set a flag. This example only serves to show how SendRawCommand is used.

Download Chilkat IMAP ActiveX

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

set imap = CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

'  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
    WScript.Quit
End If

imap.KeepSessionLog = 1

'  Connect to an IMAP server.
success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

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

'  Assume we know that the UID for the email in question is 2:

response = imap.SendRawCommand("UID STORE 2 +FLAGS.SILENT (\Seen)")

outFile.WriteLine(response)

'  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
imap.Disconnect 

outFile.WriteLine(imap.SessionLog)

outFile.Close