SQL Server

Move Selected Emails to another Mailbox Folder

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Downloads emails one by one in a selected mailbox, decides which emails are to be moved, and then moves the set of messages to another mailbox folder. SQL Server

-- 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)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @imap int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Imap', @imap OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Connect to an IMAP server.
    -- Use TLS
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Ssl', 1
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Port', 993
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'imap.example.com'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- Login
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Login', @success OUT, 'myLogin', 'myPassword'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- Select an IMAP mailbox
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'SelectMailbox', @success OUT, 'Inbox'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- Normally, when an email is downloaded, its "Seen" flag is automatically set.
    -- We don't want our program to be interfering with the "Seen" flags.
    -- To do this, set the PeekMode to 1.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'PeekMode', 1

    -- After selecting the mailbox, the NumMessages property
    -- will contain the number of emails in the mailbox.
    -- When sequence numbers (not UIDs) are used to reference emails,
    -- they range from 1 to N, where N is the number of messages in the mailbox.
    -- This example will download the headers by sequence numbers.
    DECLARE @numEmails int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'NumMessages', @numEmails OUT

    DECLARE @mset int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MessageSet', @mset OUT

    -- Indicate that mset contains sequence numbers, not UIDs.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mset, 'HasUids', 0

    -- Fetch each email and decide for each if it is to be moved
    -- to a particular other mailbox.  If so, we'll add the sequence number to
    -- the mset, and then move all emails in the mset to the other mailbox.
    DECLARE @email int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT

    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    WHILE @i < @numEmails
      BEGIN
        -- Fetch the email by sequence number.
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'FetchEmail', @success OUT, 0, @i + 1, 0, @email
        IF @success = 0
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
            PRINT @sTmp0
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mset
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
            RETURN
          END

        -- If it is decided to move the email, add the sequence number to mset, like this:
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @mset, 'InsertId', NULL, @i + 1

      END

    -- If there are emails in mset to be moved, then do it..
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mset, 'Count', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 > 0
      BEGIN
        DECLARE @destFolder nvarchar(4000)
        SELECT @destFolder = 'Inbox/SomeOtherFolder'
        -- Assuming your IMAP server supports the feature that allows for messages to be moved to another folder...
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'MoveMessages', @success OUT, @mset, @destFolder
        IF @success = 0
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
            PRINT @sTmp0
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mset
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
            RETURN
          END

      END

    -- Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Disconnect', @success OUT

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mset
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email


END
GO