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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.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    CkImap imap = new CkImap();

    //  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
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    success = imap.Connect("imap-mail.outlook.com");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Login
    success = imap.Login("myAccount@outlook.com","OUTLOOK_PASSWORD");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Begin keeping a log of the session here.
    imap.put_KeepSessionLog(true);

    //  Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  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.
    String selectResponse = imap.lastResponse();
    System.out.println(selectResponse);

    //  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.  
    int sequenceNum = 1;
    while (sequenceNum <= imap.get_NumMessages()) {
        String flags = imap.fetchFlags(sequenceNum,false);
        System.out.println(sequenceNum + ": " + flags);
        sequenceNum = sequenceNum+1;
        }

    //  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.)

    System.out.println("---- Session Log ----");
    System.out.println(imap.sessionLog());

    //  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.

    imap.Disconnect();

    //  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Now let's check GMail..
    //  Again, I've marked one email as Junk.

    imap.put_KeepSessionLog(false);
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    success = imap.Connect("imap.gmail.com");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Login
    success = imap.Login("myAccount@gmail.com","GMAIL-IMAP-PASSWORD");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    imap.put_KeepSessionLog(true);

    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    selectResponse = imap.lastResponse();
    System.out.println(selectResponse);

    //  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)

    sequenceNum = imap.get_NumMessages();
    int minSeqNum = 1;
    if (sequenceNum > 10) {
        minSeqNum = sequenceNum - 10;
        }

    while (sequenceNum >= minSeqNum) {
        String flags = imap.fetchFlags(sequenceNum,false);
        System.out.println(sequenceNum + ": " + flags);
        sequenceNum = sequenceNum - 1;
        }

    //  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. 

    imap.Disconnect();
  }
}