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Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oImap
LOCAL nFetchUids
LOCAL cCriteria
LOCAL oMessageSet

nSuccess := 0

//  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.
oImap := CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

//  Turn on session logging for debugging.
oImap:KeepSessionLog := 1

//  Connect using TLS.
oImap:Ssl := 1
oImap:Port := 993
nSuccess := oImap:Connect("imap.example.com")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Authenticate
nSuccess := oImap:Login("email_account_login", "email_account_password")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
nSuccess := oImap:SelectMailbox("Inbox")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
nFetchUids := 1
cCriteria := 'SUBJECT "Test email"'
oMessageSet := CreateObject("Chilkat.MessageSet")
nSuccess := oImap:QueryMbx(cCriteria, nFetchUids, oMessageSet)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
IF (oMessageSet:Count > 0)
    nSuccess := oImap:Copy(oMessageSet:GetId(0), oMessageSet:HasUids, "Inbox/testFolder")
    IF (nSuccess != 1)
        ? oImap:LastErrorText
    ENDIF

ENDIF

? oImap:SessionLog

? "OK"

//  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

oImap:destroy()
oMessageSet:destroy()