(Classic ASP) Fetch Oldest/Newest IMAP Email

Emails may be downloaded by sequence number. Assuming the selected mailbox is not empty, the oldest email is at sequence number 1, and the newest email is at sequence number N. The FetchSingle method may be used to download by sequence number.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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<%
success = 0

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

set imap = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

' Connect to an IMAP server.
' Use TLS
imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("mail.testemail.net")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Login
success = imap.Login("***","***")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' After selecting a mailbox, the NumMessages property
' contains the number of emails in the selected mailbox.

n = imap.NumMessages

If (n > 0) Then

    ' The oldest email is always at sequence number 1.
    isUid = 0

    set oldestEmail = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
    success = imap.FetchEmail(0,1,isUid,oldestEmail)
    If (success = 0) Then
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
        Response.End
    End If

    ' Display the From and Subject
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( oldestEmail.FromAddress) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( oldestEmail.Subject) & "</pre>"

    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "--") & "</pre>"

    ' The newest email is at sequence number N:
    set newestEmail = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
    success = imap.FetchEmail(0,n,isUid,newestEmail)
    If (success = 0) Then
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( imap.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
        Response.End
    End If

    ' Display the From and Subject
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( newestEmail.FromAddress) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( newestEmail.Subject) & "</pre>"

End If

' Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect()

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