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

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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.Imap.new()

-- Turn on session logging for debugging.
imap.keep_session_log = true

-- Connect using TLS.
imap.ssl = true
imap.port = 993
local success = imap:connect("imap.example.com")
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Authenticate
success = imap:login("email_account_login", "email_account_password")
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap:select_mailbox("Inbox")
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
local fetchUids = true
local criteria = "SUBJECT \"Test email\""
local messageSet = chilkat.MessageSet.new()
success = imap:query_mbx(criteria, fetchUids, messageSet)
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
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:get_id(0), messageSet.has_uids, "Inbox/testFolder")
    if not success then
        print(imap.last_error_text)
    end
end

print(imap.session_log)

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