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Revision: 70716
at June 15, 2016 19:30 by sherazam


Initial Code
//Copying Multiple Messages From One Folder to Another

//[C# Code Sample]

using (ImapClient client = new ImapClient("exchange.aspose.com", "username", "password" ))
{
    //create the destination folder
    string folderName = "EMAILNET-35242";
    if (!client.ExistFolder(folderName))
        client.CreateFolder(folderName);

    try
    {
        //Append a couple of messages to the server
        MailMessage message1 = new MailMessage(
            "[email protected]",
            "[email protected]",
            "EMAILNET-35242 - " + Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
            "EMAILNET-35242 Improvement of copy method.Add ability to 'copy' multiple messages per invocation.");
        string uniqueId1 = client.AppendMessage(message1);

        MailMessage message2 = new MailMessage(
            "[email protected]",
            "[email protected]",
            "EMAILNET-35242 - " + Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
            "EMAILNET-35242 Improvement of copy method.Add ability to 'copy' multiple messages per invocation.");
        string uniqueId2 = client.AppendMessage(message2);

        //verify that the messages have been added to the mailbox
        client.SelectFolder(ImapFolderInfo.InBox);
        ImapMessageInfoCollection msgsColl = client.ListMessages();
        foreach (ImapMessageInfo msgInfo in msgsColl)
            Console.WriteLine(msgInfo.Subject);

        //copy multiple messages using hte CopyMessages command
        client.CopyMessages(new string[] { uniqueId1, uniqueId2 }, folderName, true);

        //Verify that messages are copied to the destination folder
        client.SelectFolder(folderName);
        msgsColl = client.ListMessages();
        foreach (ImapMessageInfo msgInfo in msgsColl)
            Console.WriteLine(msgInfo.Subject);
    }
    finally
    {
        try {
            client.DeleteFolder(folderName);
        }
        catch { }
    }
}
 
//[VB.NET Code Sample]

Using client As New ImapClient("exchange.aspose.com", "username", "password")
	'create the destination folder
	Dim folderName As String = "EMAILNET-35242"
	If Not client.ExistFolder(folderName) Then
		client.CreateFolder(folderName)
	End If

	Try
		'Append a couple of messages to the server
		Dim message1 As New MailMessage("[email protected]", "[email protected]", "EMAILNET-35242 - " + Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), "EMAILNET-35242 Improvement of copy method.Add ability to 'copy' multiple messages per invocation.")
		Dim uniqueId1 As String = client.AppendMessage(message1)

		Dim message2 As New MailMessage("[email protected]", "[email protected]", "EMAILNET-35242 - " + Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), "EMAILNET-35242 Improvement of copy method.Add ability to 'copy' multiple messages per invocation.")
		Dim uniqueId2 As String = client.AppendMessage(message2)

		'verify that the messages have been added to the mailbox
		client.SelectFolder(ImapFolderInfo.InBox)
		Dim msgsColl As ImapMessageInfoCollection = client.ListMessages()
		For Each msgInfo As ImapMessageInfo In msgsColl
			Console.WriteLine(msgInfo.Subject)
		Next

		'copy multiple messages using hte CopyMessages command
		client.CopyMessages(New String() {uniqueId1, uniqueId2}, folderName, True)

		'Verify that messages are copied to the destination folder
		client.SelectFolder(folderName)
		msgsColl = client.ListMessages()
		For Each msgInfo As ImapMessageInfo In msgsColl
			Console.WriteLine(msgInfo.Subject)
		Next
	Finally
		Try
			client.DeleteFolder(folderName)
		Catch
		End Try
	End Try
End Using

Initial URL
http://www.aspose.com/.net/email-component.aspx

Initial Description
This technical tip explains how .NET developers can Copy Message from one Mailbox folder to another. Aspose.Email API provides the capability to copy message from one mailbox folder to another. It allows copying a single as well as multiple messages using the CopyMessage and CopyMessages methods. The CopyMessages method provides the capability to copy multiple messages from source folder of a mailbox to the destination mailbox folder. The following code sample illustrates this by copying two messages.

Initial Title
How to Copy Message from One Mailbox Folder to Another in .NET Apps

Initial Tags
email, copy, Net, api

Initial Language
C#