(Perl) Sorting Email

Demonstrates how to sort an email bundle.

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use chilkat();

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

$imap = chilkat::CkImap->new();

# Connect to the IMAP server.
# Use TLS
$imap->put_Ssl(1);
$imap->put_Port(993);
$success = $imap->Connect("imap.someMailServer.com");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Login
$success = $imap->Login("myLogin","myPassword");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
$fetchUids = 1;

# Pass any of the above strings here to test a search:
# messageSet is a MessageSet
$messageSet = $imap->Search("ALL",$fetchUids);
if ($imap->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
# bundle is a EmailBundle
$bundle = $imap->FetchHeaders($messageSet);
if ($imap->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {

    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Sort the email bundle by date, recipient, sender, or subject:
$ascending = 1;
$bundle->SortByDate($ascending);

# To sort by recipient, sender, or subject, call 
# SortBySender, SortByRecipient, or SortBySubject.

# Display the Subject and From of each email.
$i = 0;
while ($i < $bundle->get_MessageCount()) {

    # email is a Email
    $email = $bundle->GetEmail($i);

    print $email->getHeaderField("Date") . "\r\n";
    print $email->subject() . "\r\n";
    print $email->ck_from() . "\r\n";
    print "--" . "\r\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$success = $imap->Disconnect();