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Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Sorting Email

Demonstrates how to sort an email bundle.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  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 = $imap->Connect("imap.example.com");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Login
$success = $imap->Login("myLogin","myPassword");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox("Inbox");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$fetchUids = 1;
$messageSet = chilkat::CkMessageSet->new();
$success = $imap->QueryMbx("ALL",$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
$bundle = chilkat::CkEmailBundle->new();
$headersOnly = 1;
$success = $imap->FetchMsgSet($headersOnly,$messageSet,$bundle);
if ($success == 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.
$email = chilkat::CkEmail->new();
$i = 0;
while ($i < $bundle->get_MessageCount()) {
    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$email);

    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();