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Get IMAP UID from Email Header

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Demonstrates how to get the IMAP UID from an email header. After fetching an email or header using IMAP, the UID is contained in the ckx-imap-uid header field. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oImap = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Imap")

; Connect to an IMAP server.
; Use TLS
$oImap.Ssl = True
$oImap.Port = 993
$bSuccess = $oImap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Login
$bSuccess = $oImap.Login("login","password")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Select an IMAP mailbox
$bSuccess = $oImap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

Local $bFetchUids = True
; Get the message UIDs of all the emails in the mailbox

$oMessageSet = ObjCreate("Chilkat.MessageSet")
$bSuccess = $oImap.QueryMbx("ALL",$bFetchUids,$oMessageSet)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oBundle = ObjCreate("Chilkat.EmailBundle")
Local $bHeadersOnly = True
$bSuccess = $oImap.FetchMsgSet($bHeadersOnly,$oMessageSet,$oBundle)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; The UID of each fetched email header is available 
; in the ckx-imap-uid header field.
$oEmail = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Email")
$oMsgSet1 = ObjCreate("Chilkat.MessageSet")
Local $i = 0
Local $iSzBundle = $oBundle.MessageCount
While $i < $iSzBundle
    $oBundle.EmailAt($i,$oEmail)

    ; Build a message set containing one UID
Local $sUidStr = $oEmail.GetHeaderField("ckx-imap-uid")
    $oMsgSet1.FromCompactString($sUidStr)

    ; Move this message to some other folder.
    $bSuccess = $oImap.MoveMessages($oMsgSet1,"someOtherFolder")
    If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
        ConsoleWrite($oImap.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
        ; Exit the loop...
        $i = $iSzBundle
    EndIf

    $i = $i + 1
Wend

; Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$bSuccess = $oImap.Disconnect()