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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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llSuccess = .F.

// 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.
loImap = createobject("CkImap")

// Turn on session logging for debugging.
loImap.KeepSessionLog = .T.

// Connect using TLS.
loImap.Ssl = .T.
loImap.Port = 993
llSuccess = loImap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Authenticate
llSuccess = loImap.Login("email_account_login","email_account_password")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Select an IMAP mailbox
llSuccess = loImap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    return
endif

// Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
llFetchUids = .T.
lcCriteria = 'SUBJECT "Test email"'
loMessageSet = createobject("CkMessageSet")
llSuccess = loImap.QueryMbx(lcCriteria,llFetchUids,loMessageSet)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    release loImap
    release loMessageSet
    return
endif

// Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
if (loMessageSet.Count > 0) then
    llSuccess = loImap.Copy(loMessageSet.GetId(0),loMessageSet.HasUids,"Inbox/testFolder")
    if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
        ? loImap.LastErrorText
    endif

endif

? loImap.SessionLog

? "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


release loImap
release loMessageSet