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Create Email Folder (sub-Mailbox)

How to create a new email folder (sub-mailbox). (In GMail, folders are called "labels". This example would create a new "label" in GMail.)

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C
#include <C_CkImap.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkImap imap;

    success = FALSE;

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

    imap = CkImap_Create();

    CkImap_putSsl(imap,TRUE);
    CkImap_putPort(imap,993);

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    success = CkImap_Connect(imap,"imap.gmail.com");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = CkImap_Login(imap,"myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // Create the new email folder (sub-mailbox) on the IMAP server.
    // If no folder path is provided, the new folder is a sub-mailbox of Inbox.
    success = CkImap_CreateMailbox(imap,"newFolder");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // (In GMail, folders are called "labels".  
    // This example would create a new "label" in GMail.)

    // Now create a sub-folder under "newFolder".
    // Make sure to use the proper separator char for your IMAP server.
    // The separator char used here is "/".   It is typically "/" or ".".
    // The SeparatorChar property contains the separator char
    // that should be used for the current IMAP session.
    success = CkImap_CreateMailbox(imap,"newFolder/subFolder_A");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    printf("Success.\n");


    CkImap_Dispose(imap);

    }