Imap.CopyMessages Method (String, Boolean, String)

Copies the specified messages from the currently selected folder to the specified folder.

public bool CopyMessages(
   string messageIndexSet,
   bool indexIsUid,
   string targetFolderName
);

Parameters

messageIndexSet: A message sequence string containing ordinal message numbers or UIDs. Can be composed manually or using ToString.
indexIsUid: If true, messageIndexSet is treated as a sequence of UIDs; otherwise, as a sequence of ordinal message numbers.
targetFolderName: The full name of the destination folder.

Return Value

true if the messages were copied successfully; otherwise, false.

Remarks

To learn how to specify a valid message sequence (messageIndexSet value), see DownloadEnvelopes topic.

Exceptions

Exception Type	Condition
MailBeeException	An error occurred and ThrowExceptions is true.

Example

This sample copies all messages from the inbox folder to the Sent folder.

The sample assumes "Sent" folder had already been created in the past. To learn how to make sure the folder exists, see UploadMessage or UploadMessage samples.

[C#]
using System;
using MailBee;
using MailBee.ImapMail;

class Sample
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Imap imp = new Imap();

        // Connect to the server, login and select inbox.
        imp.Connect("imap.company.com");
        imp.Login("jdoe@company.com", "secret");
        imp.SelectFolder("INBOX");

        // Copy all messages in Inbox into Sent.
        imp.CopyMessages(Imap.AllMessages, false, "Sent");

        // Disconnect from the server.
        imp.Disconnect();
    }
}