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Create Email Folder (sub-Mailbox)

How to create a new email folder (sub-mailbox). (In GMail, folders are called "labels". This example would create a new "label" in GMail.)

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @imap int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Imap', @imap OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Ssl', 1
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Port', 993

    -- Connect to an IMAP server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'imap.gmail.com'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- Login
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Login', @success OUT, 'myLogin', 'myPassword'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- Create the new email folder (sub-mailbox) on the IMAP server.
    -- If no folder path is provided, the new folder is a sub-mailbox of Inbox.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'CreateMailbox', @success OUT, 'newFolder'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- (In GMail, folders are called "labels".  
    -- This example would create a new "label" in GMail.)

    -- Now create a sub-folder under "newFolder".
    -- Make sure to use the proper separator char for your IMAP server.
    -- The separator char used here is "/".   It is typically "/" or ".".
    -- The SeparatorChar property contains the separator char
    -- that should be used for the current IMAP session.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'CreateMailbox', @success OUT, 'newFolder/subFolder_A'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'Success.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap


END
GO