(VBScript) 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.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

' 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.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Imap")
set imap = CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

' Turn on session logging:
imap.KeepSessionLog = 1

' Connect to an IMAP server.
' Use TLS
imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Login
success = imap.Login("***","***")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox.testing.a")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

fetchUids = 1

' Get the message IDs for all emails having "Re:" in the subject.
' messageSet is a Chilkat.MessageSet
Set messageSet = imap.Search("SUBJECT Re:",fetchUids)
If (imap.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
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 <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Alternatively, loop over each message in the set and
' copy each separately:

n = messageSet.Count
If (n > 0) Then
    For i = 0 To n - 1
        msgId = messageSet.GetId(i)
        isUid = messageSet.HasUids
        success = imap.Copy(msgId,isUid,"Inbox.testing.c")
        If (success <> 1) Then
            outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
            WScript.Quit
        End If

    Next
End If

' Display the session log.
outFile.WriteLine(imap.SessionLog)

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


outFile.Close