(SQL Server) Determine the Number of Unseen Email Messages

Demonstrates how to determine how many unseen messages exist in an email account on an 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 @imap int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Imap" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    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
    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'imap.someMailServer.com'
    IF @success <> 1
      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, '***', '***'
    IF @success <> 1
      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 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- After selecting the mailbox. the total number of emails
    -- is immediately available:
    DECLARE @totalNum int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'NumMessages', @totalNum OUT

    PRINT 'Num messages = ' + @totalNum

    -- To determine the number of unseen messages, a call
    -- to Search is required, which returns the set of UIDs
    -- of all unseen messages.

    -- We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    DECLARE @fetchUids int
    SELECT @fetchUids = 1

    DECLARE @messageSet int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Search', @messageSet OUT, 'UNSEEN', @fetchUids
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @numUnseen int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @messageSet, 'Count', @numUnseen OUT

    PRINT @numUnseen


    PRINT 'UIDs ----'

    -- Display the UIDs
    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @messageSet, 'Count', @iTmp0 OUT
    WHILE @i < @iTmp0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @messageSet, 'GetId', @iTmp0 OUT, @i
        PRINT @iTmp0
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END

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

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @messageSet


    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap


END
GO