(PowerBuilder) Move Selected Emails to another Mailbox Folder

Downloads emails one by one in a selected mailbox, decides which emails are to be moved, and then moves the set of messages to another mailbox folder.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Imap
integer li_Success
integer li_NumEmails
oleobject loo_Mset
integer i
oleobject loo_Email
string ls_DestFolder

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

loo_Imap = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Imap" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
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.someMailServer.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

// Select an IMAP mailbox
li_Success = loo_Imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Imap
    return
end if

// Normally, when an email is downloaded, its "Seen" flag is automatically set.
// We don't want our program to be interfering with the "Seen" flags.
// To do this, set the PeekMode to 1.
loo_Imap.PeekMode = 1

// After selecting the mailbox, the NumMessages property
// will contain the number of emails in the mailbox.
// When sequence numbers (not UIDs) are used to reference emails,
// they range from 1 to N, where N is the number of messages in the mailbox.
// This example will download the headers by sequence numbers.
li_NumEmails = loo_Imap.NumMessages

loo_Mset = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.MessageSet" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Mset.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.MessageSet")

// Indicate that mset contains sequence numbers, not UIDs.
loo_Mset.HasUids = 0

// Fetch each email and decide for each if it is to be moved
// to a particular other mailbox.  If so, we'll add the sequence number to
// the mset, and then move all emails in the mset to the other mailbox.
i = 0
do while i < li_NumEmails
    // Fetch the email by sequence number.
    loo_Email = loo_Imap.FetchSingle(i + 1,0)
    if loo_Imap.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
        Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
        destroy loo_Imap
        destroy loo_Mset
        return
    end if

    // If it is decided to move the email, add the sequence number to mset, like this:
    loo_Mset.InsertId(i + 1)

    destroy loo_Email
loop

// If there are emails in mset to be moved, then do it..
if loo_Mset.Count > 0 then
    ls_DestFolder = "Inbox/SomeOtherFolder"
    // Assuming your IMAP server supports the feature that allows for messages to be moved to another folder...
    li_Success = loo_Imap.MoveMessages(loo_Mset,ls_DestFolder)
    if li_Success <> 1 then
        Write-Debug loo_Imap.LastErrorText
        destroy loo_Imap
        destroy loo_Mset
        return
    end if

end if

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


destroy loo_Imap
destroy loo_Mset