(Ruby) IMAP Copy Email from Selected Folder to Another Folder

Copies an email from the selected mailbox (folder) to another mailbox (folder).

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require 'chilkat'

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

# This example copies an email from one mailbox to another.
imap = Chilkat::CkImap.new()

# Turn on session logging for debugging.
imap.put_KeepSessionLog(true)

# Connect using TLS.
imap.put_Ssl(true)
imap.put_Port(993)
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Authenticate
success = imap.Login("email_account_login","email_account_password")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (success != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
fetchUids = true
# messageSet is a CkMessageSet
messageSet = imap.Search("SUBJECT \"Test email\"",fetchUids)
if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
if (messageSet.get_Count() > 0)
    success = imap.Copy(messageSet.GetId(0),messageSet.get_HasUids(),"Inbox/testFolder")
    if (success != true)
        print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    end

end

print imap.sessionLog() + "\n";

print "OK" + "\n";

# Sample sessiong log:

# ----INFO----
# Connecting to IMAP server at outlook.office365.com:993
# ----IMAP RESPONSE----
# * OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service is ready. [QgBMADAAUABSADAAMQAwADIAQwBBADAAMAA3ADAALgBwAHIAbwBkAC4AZQB4AGMAaABhAG4AZwBlAGwAYQBiAHMALgBjAG8AbQA=]
# ----IMAP REQUEST----
# aaab LOGIN "chilkat@live.com"
# ----IMAP RESPONSE----
# aaab OK LOGIN completed.
# ----IMAP REQUEST----
# aaac SELECT "Inbox"
# ----IMAP RESPONSE----
# * 28 EXISTS
# * 0 RECENT
# * FLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)
# * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)] Permanent flags
# * OK [UNSEEN 23] Is the first unseen message
# * OK [UIDVALIDITY 14] UIDVALIDITY value
# * OK [UIDNEXT 6416] The next unique identifier value
# aaac OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed.
# ----IMAP REQUEST----
# aaad UID SEARCH SUBJECT "Test email"
# ----IMAP RESPONSE----
# * SEARCH 6414
# aaad OK SEARCH completed.
# ----IMAP REQUEST----
# aaae UID COPY 6414 "Inbox/testFolder"
# ----IMAP RESPONSE----
# aaae OK [COPYUID 180 6414 1] COPY completed.
# 
# OK