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Swift 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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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    //  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 = CkoImap()!

    //  Turn on session logging for debugging.
    imap.keepSessionLog = true

    //  Connect using TLS.
    imap.ssl = true
    imap.port = 993
    success = imap.connect(hostname: "imap.example.com")
    if success == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  Authenticate
    success = imap.login(login: "email_account_login", password: "email_account_password")
    if success == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.selectMailbox(mailbox: "Inbox")
    if success == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
    var fetchUids: Bool = true
    var criteria: String? = "SUBJECT \"Test email\""
    let messageSet = CkoMessageSet()!
    success = imap.queryMbx(criteria: criteria, bUid: fetchUids, msgSet: messageSet)
    if success == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
    if messageSet.count.intValue > 0 {
        success = imap.copy(msgId: messageSet.getId(index: 0), bUid: messageSet.hasUids, copyToMailbox: "Inbox/testFolder")
        if success != true {
            print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        }

    }

    print("\(imap.sessionLog!)")

    print("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

}