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Delphi ActiveX 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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var
success: Integer;
imap: TChilkatImap;
fetchUids: Integer;
criteria: WideString;
messageSet: TMessageSet;

begin
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.
imap := TChilkatImap.Create(Self);

//  Turn on session logging for debugging.
imap.KeepSessionLog := 1;

//  Connect using TLS.
imap.Ssl := 1;
imap.Port := 993;
success := imap.Connect('imap.example.com');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Authenticate
success := imap.Login('email_account_login','email_account_password');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
success := imap.SelectMailbox('Inbox');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
fetchUids := 1;
criteria := 'SUBJECT "Test email"';
messageSet := TMessageSet.Create(Self);
success := imap.QueryMbx(criteria,fetchUids,messageSet.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
if (messageSet.Count > 0) then
  begin
    success := imap.Copy(messageSet.GetId(0),messageSet.HasUids,'Inbox/testFolder');
    if (success <> 1) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
      end;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.SessionLog);

Memo1.Lines.Add('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