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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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bool success = false;

//  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.
Chilkat.Imap imap = new Chilkat.Imap();

//  Turn on session logging for debugging.
imap.KeepSessionLog = true;

//  Connect using TLS.
imap.Ssl = true;
imap.Port = 993;
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Authenticate
success = imap.Login("email_account_login","email_account_password");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
bool fetchUids = true;
string criteria = "SUBJECT \"Test email\"";
Chilkat.MessageSet messageSet = new Chilkat.MessageSet();
success = imap.QueryMbx(criteria,fetchUids,messageSet);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
if (messageSet.Count > 0) {
    success = imap.Copy(messageSet.GetId(0),messageSet.HasUids,"Inbox/testFolder");
    if (success != true) {
        Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    }

}

Debug.WriteLine(imap.SessionLog);

Debug.WriteLine("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