Java 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). Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Imap;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.MessageSet;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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 imap = new Imap();

        // Turn on session logging for debugging.
        imap.setKeepSessionLog(true);

        // Connect using TLS.
        imap.setSsl(true);
        imap.setPort(993);
        try {
            imap.connect("imap.example.com");

            // Authenticate
            imap.login("email_account_login", "email_account_password");

            // Select an IMAP mailbox
            imap.selectMailbox("Inbox");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
        boolean fetchUids = true;
        String criteria = "SUBJECT \"Test email\"";
        MessageSet messageSet = new MessageSet();
        try {
            imap.queryMbx(criteria, fetchUids, messageSet);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
        if (messageSet.getCount() > 0) {
            try {
                imap.copy(messageSet.getId(0), messageSet.getHasUids(), "Inbox/testFolder");
            } catch (ChilkatException e) {
                System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            }
        }

        System.out.println(imap.getSessionLog());

        System.out.println("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
    }
}