CkPython

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. CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

imap = chilkat.CkImap()

# Connect to an IMAP server.
# Use TLS
imap.put_Ssl(True)
imap.put_Port(993)
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Check the capabilities of the IMAP server.
cap = imap.capability()
print("IMAP capabilities: " + 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

email = chilkat.CkEmail()

# Load the email from a .eml file.
success = email.LoadEml("myEmail.eml")
if (success != True):
    print(email.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

success = imap.AppendMail("Inbox",email)
if (success != True):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# 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.
print("UID of appended email: " + str(imap.get_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.
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

uidNext = imap.get_UidNext()

success = imap.AppendMail("Inbox",email)
if (success != True):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("The UID of the appended email SHOULD be " + str(uidNext))

print("Email uploaded to Inbox!")

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