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Examine Junk/NonJunk Flags on Outlook.com and GMail
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Examines the Junk and NonJunk FLAGS for IMAP on Outlook.com and GMail.com.Chilkat DataFlex Downloads
Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg
Procedure Test
Boolean iSuccess
Handle hoImap
String sSelectResponse
Integer iSequenceNum
String sFlags
Integer iMinSeqNum
String sFlags
String sTemp1
Move False To iSuccess
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatImap)) To hoImap
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoImap))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoImap
End
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
// Connect to the outlook.com IMAP server.
// We'll do the same for GMail below..
// Use TLS
Set ComSsl Of hoImap To True
Set ComPort Of hoImap To 993
Get ComConnect Of hoImap "imap-mail.outlook.com" To iSuccess
If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
// Login
Get ComLogin Of hoImap "myAccount@outlook.com" "OUTLOOK_PASSWORD" To iSuccess
If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
// Begin keeping a log of the session here.
Set ComKeepSessionLog Of hoImap To True
// Select an IMAP mailbox
Get ComSelectMailbox Of hoImap "Inbox" To iSuccess
If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
// The LastResponse property contains the full response of the last command.
// The response to the SELECT mailbox command shows the FLAGS that can be set
// for emails in the mailbox.
Get ComLastResponse Of hoImap To sSelectResponse
Showln sSelectResponse
// The response to "SELECT Inbox" looks like this:
// There are no FLAGS for Junk/NonJunk..
// * 4 EXISTS
// * 0 RECENT
// * FLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)
// * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)] Permanent flags
// * OK [UIDVALIDITY 14] UIDVALIDITY value
// * OK [UIDNEXT 1719] The next unique identifier value
// aaac OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed.
// Fetch the flags for each message in the mailbox.
// Prior to running this example, (using Mozilla Thunderbird) I marked one of the emails
// in my outlook.com Inbox as Junk.
Move 1 To iSequenceNum
While (iSequenceNum <= (ComNumMessages(hoImap)))
Get ComFetchFlags Of hoImap iSequenceNum False To sFlags
Showln iSequenceNum ": " sFlags
Move (iSequenceNum + 1) To iSequenceNum
Loop
// The output of the above loop is this:
// 1: \Seen
// 2: \Seen
// 3: \Seen
// 4: \Seen
// As you can see, nothing is marked as Junk/Spam. This concurs with the list of FLAGS
// documented in the response to the SELECT command. Apparently, there is no flag for junk/nonjunk
// for outlook.com. Mozilla Thunderbird must be storing additional information about particular
// emails locally. (In other words, perhaps the Junk/NonJunk flag is information stored locally
// by Thunderbird, and is not a flag set on the server.)
Showln "---- Session Log ----"
Get ComSessionLog Of hoImap To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
// The session log looks like this:
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaac SELECT "Inbox"
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * 4 EXISTS
// * 0 RECENT
// * FLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)
// * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)] Permanent flags
// * OK [UIDVALIDITY 14] UIDVALIDITY value
// * OK [UIDNEXT 1719] The next unique identifier value
// aaac OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed.
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaad FETCH 1 (FLAGS)
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen))
// aaad OK FETCH completed.
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaae FETCH 2 (FLAGS)
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * 2 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen))
// aaae OK FETCH completed.
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaaf FETCH 3 (FLAGS)
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * 3 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen))
// aaaf OK FETCH completed.
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaag FETCH 4 (FLAGS)
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * 4 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen))
// aaag OK FETCH completed.
Get ComDisconnect Of hoImap To iSuccess
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Now let's check GMail..
// Again, I've marked one email as Junk.
Set ComKeepSessionLog Of hoImap To False
Set ComSsl Of hoImap To True
Set ComPort Of hoImap To 993
Get ComConnect Of hoImap "imap.gmail.com" To iSuccess
If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
// Login
Get ComLogin Of hoImap "myAccount@gmail.com" "GMAIL-IMAP-PASSWORD" To iSuccess
If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
Set ComKeepSessionLog Of hoImap To True
Get ComSelectMailbox Of hoImap "Inbox" To iSuccess
If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoImap To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
Get ComLastResponse Of hoImap To sSelectResponse
Showln sSelectResponse
// The response to GMail "SELECT Inbox" looks like this:
// * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen $Forwarded $NotPhishing $Phishing $label1 $label2 $label3 $label4 $label5 Junk NonJunk)
// * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen $Forwarded $NotPhishing $Phishing $label1 $label2 $label3 $label4 $label5 Junk NonJunk \*)] Flags permitted.
// * OK [UIDVALIDITY 3] UIDs valid.
// * 46 EXISTS
// * 0 RECENT
// * OK [UIDNEXT 4147] Predicted next UID.
// * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 403404]
// aaai OK [READ-WRITE] Inbox selected. (Success)
Get ComNumMessages Of hoImap To iSequenceNum
Move 1 To iMinSeqNum
If (iSequenceNum > 10) Begin
Move (iSequenceNum - 10) To iMinSeqNum
End
While (iSequenceNum >= iMinSeqNum)
Get ComFetchFlags Of hoImap iSequenceNum False To sFlags
Showln iSequenceNum ": " sFlags
Move (iSequenceNum - 1) To iSequenceNum
Loop
// The output (for GMail) of the above loop is this:
// 46: Junk \Seen
// 45: NonJunk \Answered \Seen
// 44: NonJunk \Seen
// 43: \Answered \Seen
// 42: \Answered \Seen
// 41: NonJunk \Seen
// 40: NonJunk \Answered \Seen
// 39: NonJunk \Seen
// 38: NonJunk \Seen
// 37: NonJunk \Seen
// 36: NonJunk \Seen
// As you can see, the email I marked as "Junk" using Mozilla Thunderbird has the Junk flag set.
// This concurs with GMail's list of FLAGS. Apparently, since the IMAP server has a "Junk" flag,
// Thunderbird set it when I marked the email as Junk.
Get ComDisconnect Of hoImap To iSuccess
End_Procedure