Unicode C

Rename an IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.RenameMailbox method, which renames a mailbox from the first name to the second. Changing the hierarchy components in the new name can also move a mailbox within the server's folder tree. This example renames OldName to NewName.

Background: Because a mailbox's full name encodes its place in the folder hierarchy, renaming is also how you move a folder: renaming Inbox/Draft to Archive/Draft relocates it under a different parent. The messages inside move along with the folder. This makes RenameMailbox the tool for both relabeling and reorganizing an account's folder structure.

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#include <C_CkImapW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkImapW imap;

    success = FALSE;

    //  Demonstrates the Imap.RenameMailbox method, which renames a mailbox.  Changing hierarchy
    //  components can also move a mailbox within the server's folder tree.

    imap = CkImapW_Create();

    CkImapW_putSsl(imap,TRUE);
    CkImapW_putPort(imap,993);

    success = CkImapW_Connect(imap,L"imap.example.com");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImapW_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    success = CkImapW_Login(imap,L"user@example.com",L"myPassword");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImapW_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    //  Rename a mailbox from "OldName" to "NewName".
    success = CkImapW_RenameMailbox(imap,L"OldName",L"NewName");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImapW_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Mailbox renamed.\n");

    success = CkImapW_Disconnect(imap);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImapW_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }



    CkImapW_Dispose(imap);

    }