CkPython Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Move Selected Emails to another Mailbox Folder

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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. CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

#  This example requires 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 == False):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

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

#  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (success == False):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  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 True.
imap.put_PeekMode(True)

#  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.
numEmails = imap.get_NumMessages()

mset = chilkat.CkMessageSet()

#  Indicate that mset contains sequence numbers, not UIDs.
mset.put_HasUids(False)

#  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.
email = chilkat.CkEmail()
i = 0
while i < numEmails :
    #  Fetch the email by sequence number.
    success = imap.FetchEmail(False,i + 1,False,email)
    if (success == False):
        print(imap.lastErrorText())
        sys.exit()

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

#  If there are emails in mset to be moved, then do it..
if (mset.get_Count() > 0):
    destFolder = "Inbox/SomeOtherFolder"
    #  Assuming your IMAP server supports the feature that allows for messages to be moved to another folder...
    success = imap.MoveMessages(mset,destFolder)
    if (success == False):
        print(imap.lastErrorText())
        sys.exit()

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