Lua 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). Lua

    -- In the following call to loadlib, change the path (./chilkat.dll) to the relative or absolute directory where the chilkat.dll, chilkat.so, or chilkat.dylib is located.
    chilkat = assert(package.loadlib("./chilkat.dll", "luaopen_chilkat"))()
    print(chilkat._VERSION)

    local success = false

    --  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.
    local imap = chilkat.newImap{}

    --  Turn on session logging for debugging.
    imap:setKeepSessionLog(true)

    --  Connect using TLS.
    imap:setSsl(true)
    imap:setPort(993)
    success = imap:Connect("imap.example.com")
    if success == false then
        print(imap:LastErrorText())

    end

    --  Authenticate
    success = imap:Login("email_account_login","email_account_password")
    if success == false then
        print(imap:LastErrorText())

    end

    --  Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap:SelectMailbox("Inbox")
    if success == false then
        print(imap:LastErrorText())

    end

    --  Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
    local fetchUids = true
    local criteria = "SUBJECT \"Test email\""
    local messageSet = chilkat.newMessageSet{}
    success = imap:QueryMbx(criteria,fetchUids,messageSet)
    if success == false then
        print(imap:LastErrorText())

    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
        success = imap:Copy(messageSet:GetId(0),messageSet:HasUids(),"Inbox/testFolder")
        if success ~= true then
            print(imap:LastErrorText())
        end

    end

    print(imap:SessionLog())

    print("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