(Java) Process New Email by Scanning for Senders

Scan email and save application-selected emails to EML files with unique filenames.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkImap imap = new CkImap();

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    boolean success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkMessageSet messageSet;
    // We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    boolean fetchUids = true;

    // Fetch messages from the mailbox using a search criteria.
    // This example finds NEW emails: these are emails that have the RECENT flag set, but not the SEEN flag:
    messageSet = imap.Search("NEW",fetchUids);
    if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // This example will download headers, and then download
    // the full email for those emails sent from a contact
    // in our database.

    // When downloading headers, each email object contains
    // (obviously) the headers, but the body will be missing.
    // Also, attachments will not be included.  However, it is
    // possible to get information about the attachments
    // as well as the complete size of the email.
    CkEmailBundle bundle;
    bundle = imap.FetchHeaders(messageSet);
    if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {

        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Loop over the email objects...
    int i = 0;
    int numEmails = bundle.get_MessageCount();
    while (i < numEmails) {
        CkEmail email = bundle.GetEmail(i);

        // The sender's email address and name are available
        // in the From, FromAddress, and FromName properties.
        // If the sender is "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com",
        // then the From property will hold the entire string.
        // the FromName property contains"Chilkat Support",
        // and the FromAddress property contains "support@chilkatsoft.com"
        System.out.println(email.ck_from());
        System.out.println(email.fromAddress());
        System.out.println(email.fromName());

        // Assume at this point your code checks to see if the sender
        // is one in your contacts database.  If so, this is
        // the code you would write to download the entire
        // email and save it to a file.

        // The ckx-imap-uid header field is added when
        // headers are downloaded.  This makes it possible
        // to get the UID from the email object.
        String uidStr = email.getHeaderField("ckx-imap-uid");
        int uid = Integer.toString(uidStr);

        CkEmail fullEmail;
        fullEmail = imap.FetchSingle(uid,true);
        if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() == true) {
            // You may use the GenerateFilename method to
            // generate a unique filename...
            String filename;
            filename = fullEmail.generateFilename();

            // SaveEml saves the entire email, including attachments.
            success = fullEmail.SaveEml(filename);

            }

        System.out.println("--");

        i = i+1;
        }

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.Disconnect();
  }
}