Visual FoxPro

Copy Email from one IMAP Account to Another

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Demonstrates how to copy the email in a mailbox from one account to another. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loImapSrc
LOCAL loImapDest
LOCAL lnFetchUids
LOCAL loMset
LOCAL loFac
LOCAL loMsetAlreadyCopied
LOCAL lcStrMsgSet
LOCAL lnNumUids
LOCAL loSbFlags
LOCAL i
LOCAL lnUid
LOCAL lcFlags
LOCAL lcMimeStr
LOCAL lnSeen
LOCAL lnFlagged
LOCAL lnAnswered
LOCAL lnDraft

lnSuccess = 0

loImapSrc = CreateObject('Chilkat.Imap')

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

* Connect to our source IMAP server.
loImapSrc.Ssl = 1
loImapSrc.Port = 993
lnSuccess = loImapSrc.Connect("MY-IMAP-DOMAIN")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loImapSrc.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImapSrc
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Login to the source IMAP server
lnSuccess = loImapSrc.Login("MY-IMAP-LOGIN","MY-IMAP-PASSWORD")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loImapSrc.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImapSrc
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loImapDest = CreateObject('Chilkat.Imap')

* Connect to our destination IMAP server.
loImapDest.Ssl = 1
loImapDest.Port = 993
lnSuccess = loImapDest.Connect("MY-IMAP-DOMAIN2")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loImapDest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImapSrc
    RELEASE loImapDest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Login to the destination IMAP server
lnSuccess = loImapDest.Login("MY-IMAP-LOGIN2","MY-IMAP-PASSWORD2")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loImapDest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImapSrc
    RELEASE loImapDest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Select a source IMAP mailbox on the source IMAP server
lnSuccess = loImapSrc.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loImapSrc.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImapSrc
    RELEASE loImapDest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnFetchUids = 1

* Get the set of UIDs for all emails on the source server.
loMset = loImapSrc.Search("ALL",lnFetchUids)
IF (loImapSrc.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loImapSrc.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImapSrc
    RELEASE loImapDest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Load the complete set of UIDs that were previously copied.
* We dont' want to copy any of these to the destination.
loFac = CreateObject('Chilkat.FileAccess')
loMsetAlreadyCopied = CreateObject('Chilkat.MessageSet')
lcStrMsgSet = loFac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_cache/saAlreadyLoaded.txt","utf-8")
IF (loFac.LastMethodSuccess = 1) THEN
    loMsetAlreadyCopied.FromCompactString(lcStrMsgSet)
ENDIF

lnNumUids = loMset.Count
loSbFlags = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')

i = 0
DO WHILE i < lnNumUids

    * If this UID was not already copied...
    lnUid = loMset.GetId(i)
    IF (NOT loMsetAlreadyCopied.ContainsId(lnUid)) THEN

        ? "copying " + STR(lnUid) + "..."

        * Get the flags.
        lcFlags = loImapSrc.FetchFlags(lnUid,1)
        IF (loImapSrc.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
            ? loImapSrc.LastErrorText
            RELEASE loImapSrc
            RELEASE loImapDest
            RELEASE loFac
            RELEASE loMsetAlreadyCopied
            RELEASE loSbFlags
            CANCEL
        ENDIF

        loSbFlags.SetString(lcFlags)

        * Get the MIME of this email from the source.
        lcMimeStr = loImapSrc.FetchSingleAsMime(lnUid,1)
        IF (loImapSrc.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
            ? loImapSrc.LastErrorText
            RELEASE loImapSrc
            RELEASE loImapDest
            RELEASE loFac
            RELEASE loMsetAlreadyCopied
            RELEASE loSbFlags
            CANCEL
        ENDIF

        lnSeen = loSbFlags.Contains("\Seen",0)
        lnFlagged = loSbFlags.Contains("\Flagged",0)
        lnAnswered = loSbFlags.Contains("\Answered",0)
        lnDraft = loSbFlags.Contains("\Draft",0)

        lnSuccess = loImapDest.AppendMimeWithFlags("Inbox",lcMimeStr,lnSeen,lnFlagged,lnAnswered,lnDraft)
        IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
            ? loImapDest.LastErrorText
            RELEASE loImapSrc
            RELEASE loImapDest
            RELEASE loFac
            RELEASE loMsetAlreadyCopied
            RELEASE loSbFlags
            CANCEL
        ENDIF

        * Update msetAlreadyCopied with the uid just copied.
        loMsetAlreadyCopied.InsertId(lnUid)

        * Save at every iteration just in case there's a failure..
        lcStrMsgSet = loMsetAlreadyCopied.ToCompactString()
        loFac.WriteEntireTextFile("qa_cache/saAlreadyLoaded.txt",lcStrMsgSet,"utf-8",0)
    ENDIF

    i = i + 1
ENDDO
RELEASE loMset

* Disconnect from the IMAP servers.
lnSuccess = loImapSrc.Disconnect()
lnSuccess = loImapDest.Disconnect()

RELEASE loImapSrc
RELEASE loImapDest
RELEASE loFac
RELEASE loMsetAlreadyCopied
RELEASE loSbFlags