Search for message with specified MessageID.

This example shows you how to find message with the specified MessageID.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Email;
using Independentsoft.Email.Imap;
using Independentsoft.Email.Mime;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            ImapClient client = new ImapClient("myserver");

            Logger logger = new Logger("c:\\test\\log.txt");
            logger.WriteLog += new WriteLogEventHandler(OnWriteLog);
            client.Logger = logger;

            client.Connect();
            client.Login("username", "password");

            SearchCriteria criteria = new SearchCriteria();
            criteria.Add("HEADER Message-ID <5DE113B13607F943B316A2950B34AB3E0132165A@myserver.mydomain.com>");
            
            client.SelectFolder("Inbox");
            int[] uniqueID = client.Search(criteria);

            Message[] messages = new Message[uniqueID.Length];

            for (int i = 0; i < uniqueID.Length; i++)
            {
                messages[i] = client.GetMessage(uniqueID[i]);
            }

            client.Disconnect();

            Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to exit!");
            Console.Read();
        }

        private static void OnWriteLog(object sender, WriteLogEventArgs e)
        {
            Console.Write(e.Log);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Email
Imports Independentsoft.Email.Imap
Imports Independentsoft.Email.Mime

Namespace Sample
    Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
            Dim client As New ImapClient("myserver")

            Dim logger As New Logger("c:\test\log.txt")
            AddHandler logger.WriteLog, AddressOf OnWriteLog
            client.Logger = logger

            client.Connect()
            client.Login("username", "password")

            Dim criteria As New SearchCriteria()
            criteria.Add("HEADER Message-ID <5DE113B13607F943B316A2950B34AB3E0132165A@myserver.mydomain.com>")

            client.SelectFolder("Inbox")
            Dim uniqueID As Integer() = client.Search(criteria)

            Dim messages As Message() = New Message(uniqueID.Length - 1) {}

            For i As Integer = 0 To uniqueID.Length - 1
                messages(i) = client.GetMessage(uniqueID(i))
            Next

            client.Disconnect()

            Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to exit!")
            Console.Read()
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub OnWriteLog(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As WriteLogEventArgs)
            Console.Write(e.Log)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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