(Visual Basic 6.0) Copy an Email from One Mailbox to Another

Copies an email from one IMAP folder to another. After running this example, copies of the email will be present in both source and destination folders.

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

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

' 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.
Dim imap As New ChilkatImap

' Turn on session logging:
imap.KeepSessionLog = 1

' Connect to an IMAP server.
' Use TLS
imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Login
success = imap.Login("***","***")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox.testing.a")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim fetchUids As Long
fetchUids = 1

' Get the message IDs for all emails having "Re:" in the subject.
Dim messageSet As New MessageSet
success = imap.QueryMbx("SUBJECT Re:",fetchUids,messageSet)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Copy the messages from "Inbox.testing.a" to "Inbox.testing.b" in one call to CopyMultiple:
success = imap.CopyMultiple(messageSet,"Inbox.testing.b")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Alternatively, loop over each message in the set and
' copy each separately:
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Do While i < messageSet.Count

    Dim msgId As Long
    msgId = messageSet.GetId(i)
    Dim isUid As Long
    isUid = messageSet.HasUids

    success = imap.Copy(msgId,isUid,"Inbox.testing.c")
    If (success = 0) Then
        Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    i = i + 1
Loop

' Display the session log.
Debug.Print imap.SessionLog

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