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PowerBuilder Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

How to Copy IMAP Mail to another IMAP Server

Demonstrates how to copy the entire contents of an IMAP mailbox to another IMAP server.

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_ImapSrc
oleobject loo_ImapDest
oleobject loo_SbMime
integer li_SeqNum

li_Success = 0

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

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

//  Connect to our source IMAP server.
li_Success = loo_ImapSrc.Connect("imap.example.com")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_ImapSrc.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_ImapSrc
    return
end if

//  Login to the source IMAP server
li_Success = loo_ImapSrc.Login("admin@chilkatsoft.com","myPassword")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_ImapSrc.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_ImapSrc
    return
end if

loo_ImapDest = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_ImapDest.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Imap")

//  Connect to our destination IMAP server.
li_Success = loo_ImapDest.Connect("mail.example-code.com")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_ImapDest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_ImapSrc
    destroy loo_ImapDest
    return
end if

//  Login to the destination IMAP server
li_Success = loo_ImapDest.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_ImapDest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_ImapSrc
    destroy loo_ImapDest
    return
end if

//  Select an IMAP mailbox on the source IMAP server
li_Success = loo_ImapSrc.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_ImapSrc.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_ImapSrc
    destroy loo_ImapDest
    return
end if

//  After selecting a mailbox, the NumMessages property will
//  be updated to reflect the total number of emails in the mailbox:
Write-Debug string(loo_ImapSrc.NumMessages)

//  The emails in the mailbox will always have sequence numbers
//  ranging from 1 to NumMessages.

//  This example will copy the first 10 messages using sequence numbers
loo_SbMime = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbMime.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

for seqNum = 1 to 10
    loo_SbMime.Clear()
    li_Success = loo_ImapSrc.FetchSingleAsMimeSb(li_SeqNum,0,loo_SbMime)
    if li_Success = 0 then
        Write-Debug loo_ImapSrc.LastErrorText
        destroy loo_ImapSrc
        destroy loo_ImapDest
        destroy loo_SbMime
        return
    end if

    li_Success = loo_ImapDest.AppendMimeWithFlagsSb("Inbox",loo_SbMime,0,0,0,0)
    if li_Success = 0 then
        Write-Debug loo_ImapDest.LastErrorText
        destroy loo_ImapSrc
        destroy loo_ImapDest
        destroy loo_SbMime
        return
    end if

next

//  Disconnect from the IMAP servers.
li_Success = loo_ImapSrc.Disconnect()
li_Success = loo_ImapDest.Disconnect()


destroy loo_ImapSrc
destroy loo_ImapDest
destroy loo_SbMime