PowerBuilder

Upload (Append) Email to an IMAP Mailbox and get the UID of the Appended Email

Upload / append an email to an IMAP mailbox and get the UID of the appended email. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Imap
string ls_Cap
oleobject loo_Email
integer li_UidNext

li_Success = 0

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

loo_Imap = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Imap.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Imap")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Imap
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
loo_Imap.Ssl = 1
loo_Imap.Port = 993
li_Success = loo_Imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    return
end if

// Login
li_Success = loo_Imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    return
end if

// Check the capabilities of the IMAP server.
ls_Cap = loo_Imap.Capability()
Write-Debug "IMAP capabilities: " + ls_Cap

// If the capabilities string contains the substring "UIDPLUS", then 
// the UID of the appended email will be available in the AppendUid property (see below).

// For example, the GMail IMAP server has these capabilities (at this current time)
// * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN 
// X-GM-EXT-1 UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE ENABLE MOVE CONDSTORE ESEARCH UTF8=ACCEPT 
// APPENDLIMIT=35882577 LIST-EXTENDED LIST-STATUS

loo_Email = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Email.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")

// Load the email from a .eml file.
li_Success = loo_Email.LoadEml("myEmail.eml")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Email.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    destroy loo_Email
    return
end if

li_Success = loo_Imap.AppendMail("Inbox",loo_Email)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    destroy loo_Email
    return
end if

// If the IMAP server supports the UIDPLUS extension, then the 
// imap.AppendUid will contain the UID of the appended email.
// Otherwise AppendUid will be 0.
Write-Debug "UID of appended email: " + string(loo_Imap.AppendUid)

// If the IMAP server does NOT have UIDPLUS, then a program can 
// first select the mailbox, get the value of the UidNext property,
// and then append.  The appended email SHOULD have a UID equal to 
// the UidNext that was obtained just prior to appending (assuming no other
// program is simultaneously appending an email to the same mailbox).

// Note: It is not required to select a mailbox to append.  The select is only
// done for the purpose of obtaining the UIDNEXT value.
li_Success = loo_Imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    destroy loo_Email
    return
end if

li_UidNext = loo_Imap.UidNext

li_Success = loo_Imap.AppendMail("Inbox",loo_Email)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    destroy loo_Email
    return
end if

Write-Debug "The UID of the appended email SHOULD be " + string(li_UidNext)

Write-Debug "Email uploaded to Inbox!"

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
li_Success = loo_Imap.Disconnect()


destroy loo_Imap
destroy loo_Email