Delphi ActiveX

Rename an IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.RenameMailbox method, which renames a mailbox from the first name to the second. Changing the hierarchy components in the new name can also move a mailbox within the server's folder tree. This example renames OldName to NewName.

Background: Because a mailbox's full name encodes its place in the folder hierarchy, renaming is also how you move a folder: renaming Inbox/Draft to Archive/Draft relocates it under a different parent. The messages inside move along with the folder. This makes RenameMailbox the tool for both relabeling and reorganizing an account's folder structure.

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var
success: Integer;
imap: TChilkatImap;

begin
success := 0;

//  Demonstrates the Imap.RenameMailbox method, which renames a mailbox.  Changing hierarchy
//  components can also move a mailbox within the server's folder tree.

imap := TChilkatImap.Create(Self);

imap.Ssl := 1;
imap.Port := 993;

success := imap.Connect('imap.example.com');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
success := imap.Login('user@example.com','myPassword');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Rename a mailbox from "OldName" to "NewName".
success := imap.RenameMailbox('OldName','NewName');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Mailbox renamed.');

success := imap.Disconnect();
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;