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Sorting Email

Demonstrates how to sort an email bundle. Go

    success := false

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    imap := chilkat.NewImap()

    // Connect to the IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.SetSsl(true)
    imap.SetPort(993)
    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        return
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        return
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        return
    }

    fetchUids := true
    messageSet := chilkat.NewMessageSet()
    success = imap.QueryMbx("ALL",fetchUids,messageSet)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        messageSet.DisposeMessageSet()
        return
    }

    // Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
    bundle := chilkat.NewEmailBundle()
    headersOnly := true
    success = imap.FetchMsgSet(headersOnly,messageSet,bundle)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        messageSet.DisposeMessageSet()
        bundle.DisposeEmailBundle()
        return
    }

    // Sort the email bundle by date, recipient, sender, or subject:
    ascending := true
    bundle.SortByDate(ascending)

    // To sort by recipient, sender, or subject, call 
    // SortBySender, SortByRecipient, or SortBySubject.

    // Display the Subject and From of each email.
    email := chilkat.NewEmail()
    i := 0
    for i < bundle.MessageCount() {
        bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

        fmt.Println(*email.GetHeaderField("Date"))
        fmt.Println(email.Subject())
        fmt.Println(email.From())
        fmt.Println("--")

        i = i + 1
    }

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.Disconnect()

    imap.DisposeImap()
    messageSet.DisposeMessageSet()
    bundle.DisposeEmailBundle()
    email.DisposeEmail()