(C) Process New Email by Scanning for Senders

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

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#include <C_CkImap.h>
#include <C_CkMessageSet.h>
#include <C_CkEmailBundle.h>
#include <C_CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkImap imap;
    BOOL success;
    HCkMessageSet messageSet;
    BOOL fetchUids;
    HCkEmailBundle bundle;
    int i;
    int numEmails;
    HCkEmail email;
    const char *uidStr;
    int uid;
    HCkEmail fullEmail;
    const char *filename;

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

    imap = CkImap_Create();

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    CkImap_putSsl(imap,TRUE);
    CkImap_putPort(imap,993);
    success = CkImap_Connect(imap,"imap.someMailServer.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;
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,"Inbox");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    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 = CkImap_Search(imap,"NEW",fetchUids);
    if (CkImap_getLastMethodSuccess(imap) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        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.

    bundle = CkImap_FetchHeaders(imap,messageSet);
    if (CkImap_getLastMethodSuccess(imap) == FALSE) {
        CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // Loop over the email objects...
    i = 0;
    numEmails = CkEmailBundle_getMessageCount(bundle);
    while (i < numEmails) {
        email = CkEmailBundle_GetEmail(bundle,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"
        printf("%s\n",CkEmail_ck_from(email));
        printf("%s\n",CkEmail_fromAddress(email));
        printf("%s\n",CkEmail_fromName(email));

        // 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.
        uidStr = CkEmail_getHeaderField(email,"ckx-imap-uid");
        uid = atoi(uidStr);

        fullEmail = CkImap_FetchSingle(imap,uid,TRUE);
        if (CkImap_getLastMethodSuccess(imap) == TRUE) {
            // You may use the GenerateFilename method to
            // generate a unique filename...

            filename = CkEmail_generateFilename(fullEmail);

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

        printf("--\n");
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);

        i = i + 1;
    }

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

    CkMessageSet_Dispose(messageSet);
    CkEmailBundle_Dispose(bundle);


    CkImap_Dispose(imap);

    }