VBScript

Get IMAP UID from Email Header

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Demonstrates how to get the IMAP UID from an email header. After fetching an email or header using IMAP, the UID is contained in the ckx-imap-uid header field. VBScript

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

success = 0

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

set imap = CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

' Connect to an IMAP server.
' Use TLS
imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Login
success = imap.Login("login","password")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

fetchUids = 1
' Get the message UIDs of all the emails in the mailbox

set messageSet = CreateObject("Chilkat.MessageSet")
success = imap.QueryMbx("ALL",fetchUids,messageSet)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

set bundle = CreateObject("Chilkat.EmailBundle")
headersOnly = 1
success = imap.FetchMsgSet(headersOnly,messageSet,bundle)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' The UID of each fetched email header is available 
' in the ckx-imap-uid header field.
set email = CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
set msgSet1 = CreateObject("Chilkat.MessageSet")
i = 0
szBundle = bundle.MessageCount
Do While i < szBundle
    success = bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

    ' Build a message set containing one UID
    uidStr = email.GetHeaderField("ckx-imap-uid")
    success = msgSet1.FromCompactString(uidStr)

    ' Move this message to some other folder.
    success = imap.MoveMessages(msgSet1,"someOtherFolder")
    If (success <> 1) Then
        outFile.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
        ' Exit the loop...
        i = szBundle
    End If

    i = i + 1
Loop

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

outFile.Close