(PowerShell) Sorting Email

Demonstrates how to sort an email bundle.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

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

$imap = New-Object Chilkat.Imap

# Connect to the IMAP server.
# Use TLS
$imap.Ssl = $true
$imap.Port = 993
$success = $imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Login
$success = $imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$fetchUids = $true
$messageSet = New-Object Chilkat.MessageSet
$success = $imap.QueryMbx("ALL",$fetchUids,$messageSet)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
$bundle = New-Object Chilkat.EmailBundle
$headersOnly = $true
$success = $imap.FetchMsgSet($headersOnly,$messageSet,$bundle)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Sort the email bundle by date, recipient, sender, or subject:
$ascending = $true
$bundle.SortByDate($ascending)

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

# Display the Subject and From of each email.
$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email
$i = 0
while ($i -lt $bundle.MessageCount) {
    $bundle.EmailAt($i,$email)

    $($email.GetHeaderField("Date"))
    $($email.Subject)
    $($email.From)
    $("--")

    $i = $i + 1
}

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