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Rust 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).

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// 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.
let imap = chilkat::Imap::new();

// Turn on session logging for debugging.
imap.set_keep_session_log(true);

// Connect using TLS.
imap.set_ssl(true);
imap.set_port(993);
if imap.connect("imap.example.com").is_err() {
    println!("{}", imap.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Authenticate
if imap.login("email_account_login", "email_account_password").is_err() {
    println!("{}", imap.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Select an IMAP mailbox
if imap.select_mailbox("Inbox").is_err() {
    println!("{}", imap.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
let fetch_uids = true;
let criteria = "SUBJECT \"Test email\"".to_string();
let message_set = chilkat::MessageSet::new();
if imap.query_mbx(&criteria, fetch_uids, &message_set).is_err() {
    println!("{}", imap.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
if message_set.count() > 0 {
    if imap.copy(message_set.get_id(0), message_set.has_uids(), "Inbox/testFolder").is_err() {
        println!("{}", imap.last_error_text());
    }

}

println!("{}", imap.session_log());

println!("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