Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Search IMAP Mailbox for Email Matching Criteria

Searching an IMAP mailbox for messages that match search criteria. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oImap
LOCAL nFetchUids
LOCAL cAllMsgs
LOCAL cAnswered
LOCAL cOnDate
LOCAL cBetweenDates
LOCAL cComplexSearch1
LOCAL cBodySearch
LOCAL cOrSearch
LOCAL cFromSearch
LOCAL cJohnSearch
LOCAL cRecentSearch
LOCAL cNotRecentSearch
LOCAL cOldSearch
LOCAL cMarkedForDeleteSearch
LOCAL cHeaderSearch
LOCAL cHeaderExistsSearch
LOCAL cNewSearch
LOCAL cSizeLargerSearch
LOCAL cSeenSearch
LOCAL cNotSeenSearch
LOCAL cToSearch
LOCAL cToSearch2
LOCAL cSmallerSearch
LOCAL cFullSubstringSearch
LOCAL oMessageSet
LOCAL oBundle
LOCAL nHeadersOnly
LOCAL oEmail
LOCAL i

nSuccess := 0

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

oImap := CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

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

//  Login
nSuccess := oImap:Login("myLogin", "myPassword")
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

//  We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
nFetchUids := 1

//  Here are examples of different search criteria:

//  Return all messages.
cAllMsgs := "ALL"

//  Search for already-answered emails.
cAnswered := "ANSWERED"

//  Search for messages on a specific date.
//  The date string is DD-Month-YYYY where Month is
//  Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, or Dec.
cOnDate := "SENTON 05-Mar-2007"

//  Search for messages between two dates.  SENTBEFORE
//  finds emails sent before a date, and SENTSINCE finds
//  email sent on or after a date.  The "AND" operation
//  is implied by joining criteria, separated by spaces.
cBetweenDates := "SENTSINCE 01-Mar-2007 SENTBEFORE 05-Mar-2007"

//  Another example of AND: find all unanswered emails
//  sent after 04-Mar-2007 with "Problem" in the subject:
cComplexSearch1 := 'UNANSWERED SENTSINCE 04-Mar-2007 Subject "Problem"'

//  Find messages with a specific string in the body:
cBodySearch := 'BODY "problem solved"'

//  Using OR.  The syntax is OR <criteria1> <criteria2>. 
//  The "OR" comes first, followed by each criteria.
//  For example, to match all emails with "Help" or "Question" in the subject.
//  You'll notice that literal strings may be quoted or unquoted.
//  If a literal contains SPACE characters, quote it:
cOrSearch := "OR SUBJECT Help SUBJECT Question"

//  ----------------------------------------------
//  Strings are case-insensitive when searching....
//  ----------------------------------------------

//  Find all emails sent from yahoo.com addresses:
cFromSearch := "FROM yahoo.com"
//  Find all emails sent from anyone with "John" in their name:
cJohnSearch := "FROM John"

//  Find emails with the RECENT flag set:
cRecentSearch := "RECENT"

//  Find emails that don't have the recent flag set:
cNotRecentSearch := "NOT RECENT"
//  This is synonymous with "OLD":
cOldSearch := "OLD"

//  Find all emails marked for deletion:
cMarkedForDeleteSearch := "DELETED"

//  Find all emails having a specified header field with a value
//  containing a substring:
cHeaderSearch := "HEADER DomainKey-Signature paypal.com"

//  Find any emails having a specific header field.  If the 
//  2nd argument to the "HEADER" criteria is an empty string,
//  any email having the header field is returned regardless
//  of the header field's content.
//  Find any emails with a DomainKey-Signature field:
cHeaderExistsSearch := 'HEADER DomainKey-Signature ""'

//  Find NEW emails: these are emails that have the RECENT flag
//  set, but not the SEEN flag:
cNewSearch := "NEW"

//  Find emails larger than a certain number of bytes:
cSizeLargerSearch := "LARGER 500000"

//  Find emails marked as seen or not already seen:
cSeenSearch := "SEEN"
cNotSeenSearch := "NOT SEEN"

//  Find emails having a given substring in the TO header field:
cToSearch := "TO support@chilkatsoft.com"
//  A more long-winded way to do the same thing:
cToSearch2 := "HEADER TO support@chilkatsoft.com"

//  Find emails smaller than a size in bytes:
cSmallerSearch := "SMALLER 30000"

//  Find emails that have a substring anywhere in the header
//  or body:
cFullSubstringSearch := 'TEXT "Zip Component"'

//  Pass any of the above strings here to test a search:
oMessageSet := CreateObject("Chilkat.MessageSet")
nSuccess := oImap:QueryMbx(cOrSearch, nFetchUids, oMessageSet)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
oBundle := CreateObject("Chilkat.EmailBundle")
nHeadersOnly := 1
nSuccess := oImap:FetchMsgSet(nHeadersOnly, oMessageSet, oBundle)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oMessageSet:destroy()
    oBundle:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Display the Subject and From of each email.
oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
i := 0
DO WHILE i < oBundle:MessageCount
    oBundle:EmailAt(i, oEmail)

    ? oEmail:GetHeaderField("Date")
    ? oEmail:Subject
    ? oEmail:From
    ? "--"

    i := i + 1
ENDDO

//  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
nSuccess := oImap:Disconnect()

oImap:destroy()
oMessageSet:destroy()
oBundle:destroy()
oEmail:destroy()