(Tcl) 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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load ./chilkat.dll

# 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.
set imap [new_CkImap]

# Turn on session logging for debugging.
CkImap_put_KeepSessionLog $imap 1

# Connect using TLS.
CkImap_put_Ssl $imap 1
CkImap_put_Port $imap 993
set success [CkImap_Connect $imap "imap.example.com"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Authenticate
set success [CkImap_Login $imap "email_account_login" "email_account_password"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
set success [CkImap_SelectMailbox $imap "Inbox"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
set fetchUids 1
# messageSet is a CkMessageSet
set messageSet [CkImap_Search $imap "SUBJECT \"Test email\"" $fetchUids]
if {[CkImap_get_LastMethodSuccess $imap] != 1} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
if {[CkMessageSet_get_Count $messageSet] > 0} then {
    set success [CkImap_Copy $imap [CkMessageSet_GetId $messageSet 0] [CkMessageSet_get_HasUids $messageSet] "Inbox/testFolder"]
    if {$success != 1} then {
        puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    }

}

delete_CkMessageSet $messageSet

puts [CkImap_sessionLog $imap]

puts "OK"

# 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

delete_CkImap $imap