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Zig 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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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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.
    const imap = try chilkat.Imap.init();
    defer imap.deinit();

    // Turn on session logging for debugging.
    imap.setKeepSessionLog(true);

    // Connect using TLS.
    imap.setSsl(true);
    imap.setPort(993);
    imap.connect("imap.example.com") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Authenticate
    imap.login("email_account_login", "email_account_password") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    imap.selectMailbox("Inbox") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
    const fetch_uids = true;
    const criteria = "SUBJECT \"Test email\"";
    const message_set = try chilkat.MessageSet.init();
    defer message_set.deinit();
    imap.queryMbx(criteria, fetch_uids, message_set) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
    if (message_set.getCount() > 0) {
        imap.copy(message_set.getId(0), message_set.getHasUids(), "Inbox/testFolder") catch {
            std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        };
    }

    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try imap.getSessionLog(alloc)});

    std.debug.print("OK\n", .{});

    // 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
}