Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Move Messages from one Mailbox to Another

If your IMAP server supports the MOVE capability, then it is possible to move messages from one mailbox (folder) to another. This example demonstrates the MOVE command using the SendRawCommand method. The IMAP MOVE Extension is documented in RFC 6851. 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 assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    --  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    local imap = chilkat.newImap{}

    --  Use an implicit TLS connection.
    imap:setSsl(true)
    imap:setPort(993)
    success = imap:Connect("MY-IMAP-DOMAIN")
    if success == false then
        print(imap:LastErrorText())

    end

    --  Authenticate
    success = imap:Login("MY-IMAP-LOGIN","MY-IMAP-PASSWORD")
    if success == false then
        print(imap:LastErrorText())

    end

    --  Get the list of capabilities:
    local caps = imap:Capability()
    print("Capabilities: ", caps)

    --  Here is an example of the string returned:
    --  * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 
    --  UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE ENABLE MOVE CONDSTORE ESEARCH UTF8=ACCEPT APPENDLIMIT=35882577
    --  LIST-EXTENDED LIST-STATUS

    if imap:HasCapability("MOVE",caps) ~= true then
        print("The IMAP server does not support the MOVE extension.")

    end

    print("Good, the MOVE extension is supported...")

    --  Select a mailbox, search for some messages to get a sequence-set (i.e. a 
    --  range of message sequence numbers or UIDs.  Then move these messages to another
    --  mailbox.

    success = imap:SelectMailbox("old")
    if success == false then
        print(imap:LastErrorText())

    end

    --  Get a set of message sequence numbers for all emails with "Gencer" in the FROM name/address.
    local bReturnUids = false

    local msgSet = chilkat.newMessageSet{}
    success = imap:QueryMbx("FROM Gencer",bReturnUids,msgSet)
    if success == false then
        print(imap:LastErrorText())

    end

    --  The message set, as a compact string, will look something like this:
    --  1572,1876:1881,1883,1886,1895,1905:1906,1910:1911,1923,1959:1963
    local sequenceSet = msgSet:ToCompactString()
    print(sequenceSet)

    --  Let's form our MOVE command.
    local sbMoveCmd = chilkat.newStringBuilder{}
    sbMoveCmd:Append("MOVE ")
    sbMoveCmd:Append(sequenceSet)
    sbMoveCmd:Append(" old/gencer")
    print("Sending: ", sbMoveCmd:GetAsString())

    local cmdResponse = imap:SendRawCommand(sbMoveCmd:GetAsString())
    if imap:LastMethodSuccess() == false then
        print(imap:LastErrorText())

    end

    print(cmdResponse)

    --  The response looks like this:
    --  	* 1572 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1875 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1875 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1875 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1875 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1875 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1875 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1876 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1878 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1886 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1895 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1895 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1898 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1898 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1909 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1944 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1944 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1944 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1944 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 1944 EXPUNGE
    --  	* 2274 EXISTS
    --  	aaaf OK [COPYUID 62 1582,1886:1891,1893,1896,1905,1915:1916,1920:1921,1933,1974:1978 20,17,16,15,14,13,12,10:11,9,19,18,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1] (Success)

    --  The last line should indicate OK.

    --  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap:Disconnect()

    print("All Done.")