Perl

Copy an IMAP Message to Another Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.Copy method, which copies one message from the currently selected mailbox to a destination mailbox. The first argument identifies the source message; the second (bUid) indicates whether the id is a UID (true) or a sequence number (false). This example copies a message from the Inbox to another mailbox.

Background: Messages can be identified two ways in IMAP: a sequence number (the message's current 1-based position, which shifts as messages are added or expunged) or a UID (a stable identifier that doesn't change). The bUid flag tells Copy which you're passing. Copying leaves the original in place and places a duplicate in the destination — use MoveMessages to relocate instead of duplicate.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  Demonstrates the Imap.Copy method, which copies one message from the currently selected
#  mailbox to a destination mailbox.  The 1st argument identifies the source message; the 2nd
#  (bUid) indicates whether the id is a UID (1) or a sequence number (0).

$imap = chilkat::CkImap->new();

$imap->put_Ssl(1);
$imap->put_Port(993);

$success = $imap->Connect("imap.example.com");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $imap->Login('user@example.com',"myPassword");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Select the source mailbox.
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Copy message sequence number 1 to the "Archive2026" mailbox.  bUid = 0 means the id
#  is a sequence number, not a UID.
$success = $imap->Copy(1,0,"Archive2026");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Message copied." . "\r\n";

$success = $imap->Disconnect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}