(Unicode C++) Process New Email by Scanning for Senders

Scan email and save application-selected emails to EML files with unique filenames.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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#include <CkImapW.h>
#include <CkMessageSetW.h>
#include <CkEmailBundleW.h>
#include <CkEmailW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkImapW imap;

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    success = imap.Connect(L"imap.someMailServer.com");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login(L"myLogin",L"myPassword");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox(L"Inbox");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    bool fetchUids = true;

    // Fetch messages from the mailbox using a search criteria.
    // This example finds NEW emails: these are emails that have the RECENT flag set, but not the SEEN flag:
    CkMessageSetW messageSet;
    success = imap.QueryMbx(L"NEW",fetchUids,messageSet);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // This example will download headers, and then download
    // the full email for those emails sent from a contact
    // in our database.

    // When downloading headers, each email object contains
    // (obviously) the headers, but the body will be missing.
    // Also, attachments will not be included.  However, it is
    // possible to get information about the attachments
    // as well as the complete size of the email.
    CkEmailBundleW bundle;
    bool headersOnly = true;
    success = imap.FetchMsgSet(headersOnly,messageSet,bundle);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Loop over the email objects...
    CkEmailW emailHeader;
    CkEmailW fullEmail;
    int i = 0;
    int numEmails = bundle.get_MessageCount();
    while (i < numEmails) {
        bundle.EmailAt(i,emailHeader);

        // The sender's email address and name are available
        // in the From, FromAddress, and FromName properties.
        // If the sender is "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com",
        // then the From property will hold the entire string.
        // the FromName property contains"Chilkat Support",
        // and the FromAddress property contains "support@chilkatsoft.com"
        wprintf(L"%s\n",emailHeader.ck_from());
        wprintf(L"%s\n",emailHeader.fromAddress());
        wprintf(L"%s\n",emailHeader.fromName());

        // Assume at this point your code checks to see if the sender
        // is one in your contacts database.  If so, this is
        // the code you would write to download the entire
        // email and save it to a file.

        // The ckx-imap-uid header field is added when
        // headers are downloaded.  This makes it possible
        // to get the UID from the email object.
        const wchar_t *uidStr = emailHeader.getHeaderField(L"ckx-imap-uid");
        int uid = wcstol(uidStr);

        success = imap.FetchEmail(false,uid,true,fullEmail);
        if (success == false) {
            wprintf(L"%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // You can use the GenerateFilename method to
        // generate a unique filename...
        const wchar_t *filename = fullEmail.generateFilename();

        // SaveEml saves the entire email, including attachments.
        success = fullEmail.SaveEml(filename);

        wprintf(L"--\n");

        i = i + 1;
    }

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.Disconnect();
    }