(SQL Server) How to Copy IMAP Mail to another IMAP Server

Demonstrates how to copy the entire contents of an IMAP mailbox to another IMAP server.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @imapSrc int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Imap" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Imap', @imapSrc OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Connect to our source IMAP server.
    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imapSrc, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'imap.someMailServer.com'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imapSrc, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapSrc
        RETURN
      END

    -- Login to the source IMAP server
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imapSrc, 'Login', @success OUT, 'admin@chilkatsoft.com', 'myPassword'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imapSrc, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapSrc
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @imapDest int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Imap" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Imap', @imapDest OUT

    -- Connect to our destination IMAP server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imapDest, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'mail.example-code.com'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imapDest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapSrc
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapDest
        RETURN
      END

    -- Login to the destination IMAP server
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imapDest, 'Login', @success OUT, 'myLogin', 'myPassword'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imapDest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapSrc
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapDest
        RETURN
      END

    -- Select an IMAP mailbox on the source IMAP server
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imapSrc, 'SelectMailbox', @success OUT, 'Inbox'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imapSrc, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapSrc
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapDest
        RETURN
      END

    -- After selecting a mailbox, the NumMessages property will
    -- be updated to reflect the total number of emails in the mailbox:
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imapSrc, 'NumMessages', @iTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @iTmp0

    -- The emails in the mailbox will always have sequence numbers
    -- ranging from 1 to NumMessages.

    -- This example will copy the first 10 messages.
    -- We'll leave it up to you to write code to copy
    -- the entire sequence range in reasonable size chunks.
    DECLARE @startSeqNum int
    SELECT @startSeqNum = 1
    DECLARE @msgCount int
    SELECT @msgCount = 10

    DECLARE @sa int

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imapSrc, 'FetchSequenceAsMime', @sa OUT, @startSeqNum, @msgCount
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imapSrc, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imapSrc, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapSrc
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapDest
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @i int

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @sa, 'Count', @iTmp0 OUT
    SELECT @i = 0
    WHILE @i <= @iTmp0 - 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sa, 'GetString', @sTmp0 OUT, @i
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @imapDest, 'AppendMime', @success OUT, 'Inbox', @sTmp0
        IF @success <> 1
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imapDest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
            PRINT @sTmp0
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapSrc
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapDest
            RETURN
          END
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sa

    -- Disconnect from the IMAP servers.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imapSrc, 'Disconnect', @success OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imapDest, 'Disconnect', @success OUT

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapSrc
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imapDest


END
GO