(VBScript) Sorting Email

Demonstrates how to sort an email bundle.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

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

set imap = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Imap")

' Connect to the IMAP server.
' Use TLS
imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
fetchUids = 1

' Pass any of the above strings here to test a search:
' messageSet is a Chilkat_9_5_0.MessageSet
Set messageSet = imap.Search("ALL",fetchUids)
If (imap.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
' bundle is a Chilkat_9_5_0.EmailBundle
Set bundle = imap.FetchHeaders(messageSet)
If (imap.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then

    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Sort the email bundle by date, recipient, sender, or subject:
ascending = 1
bundle.SortByDate ascending

' To sort by recipient, sender, or subject, call 
' SortBySender, SortByRecipient, or SortBySubject.

' Display the Subject and From of each email.
i = 0
Do While i < bundle.MessageCount

    ' email is a Chilkat_9_5_0.Email
    Set email = bundle.GetEmail(i)

    outFile.WriteLine(email.GetHeaderField("Date"))
    outFile.WriteLine(email.Subject)
    outFile.WriteLine(email.From)
    outFile.WriteLine("--")

    i = i + 1
Loop

' Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect()


outFile.Close