(VBScript) Sorting Email

Demonstrates how to sort an email bundle.

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

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set imap = CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

' Connect to the IMAP server.
' Use TLS
imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

fetchUids = 1
set messageSet = CreateObject("Chilkat.MessageSet")
success = imap.QueryMbx("ALL",fetchUids,messageSet)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
set bundle = CreateObject("Chilkat.EmailBundle")
headersOnly = 1
success = imap.FetchMsgSet(headersOnly,messageSet,bundle)
If (success = 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.
set email = CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
i = 0
Do While i < bundle.MessageCount
    success = bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

    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