Perl

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