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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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#include <C_CkImapW.h>
#include <C_CkMessageSetW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkImapW imap;
    BOOL fetchUids;
    const wchar_t *criteria;
    HCkMessageSetW messageSet;

    success = 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.
    imap = CkImapW_Create();

    //  Turn on session logging for debugging.
    CkImapW_putKeepSessionLog(imap,TRUE);

    //  Connect using TLS.
    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;
    }

    //  Authenticate
    success = CkImapW_Login(imap,L"email_account_login",L"email_account_password");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImapW_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    //  Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = CkImapW_SelectMailbox(imap,L"Inbox");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImapW_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    //  Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
    fetchUids = TRUE;
    criteria = L"SUBJECT \"Test email\"";
    messageSet = CkMessageSetW_Create();
    success = CkImapW_QueryMbx(imap,criteria,fetchUids,messageSet);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImapW_Dispose(imap);
        CkMessageSetW_Dispose(messageSet);
        return;
    }

    //  Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
    if (CkMessageSetW_getCount(messageSet) > 0) {
        success = CkImapW_Copy(imap,CkMessageSetW_GetId(messageSet,0),CkMessageSetW_getHasUids(messageSet),L"Inbox/testFolder");
        if (success != TRUE) {
            wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_lastErrorText(imap));
        }

    }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkImapW_sessionLog(imap));

    wprintf(L"OK\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


    CkImapW_Dispose(imap);
    CkMessageSetW_Dispose(messageSet);

    }