Perl 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). Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

#  Turn on session logging for debugging.
$imap->put_KeepSessionLog(1);

#  Connect using TLS.
$imap->put_Ssl(1);
$imap->put_Port(993);
$success = $imap->Connect("imap.example.com");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Authenticate
$success = $imap->Login("email_account_login","email_account_password");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

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

#  Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
$fetchUids = 1;
$criteria = "SUBJECT \"Test email\"";
$messageSet = chilkat::CkMessageSet->new();
$success = $imap->QueryMbx($criteria,$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
if ($messageSet->get_Count() > 0) {
    $success = $imap->Copy($messageSet->GetId(0),$messageSet->get_HasUids(),"Inbox/testFolder");
    if ($success != 1) {
        print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    }

}

print $imap->sessionLog() . "\r\n";

print "OK" . "\r\n";

#  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