<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"/> <title>mail::ACCOUNT::moveMessagesTo</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="manpage.css" type="text/css"/> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Cone: COnsole Newsreader And Emailer"/> <link rel="up" href="synchronous.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT Synchronous API reference"/> <link rel="prev" href="account-logout.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::logout"/> <link rel="next" href="account-openfolder.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::openFolder"/> <link xmlns="" rel="icon" href="icon.gif" type="image/gif"/> <meta xmlns="" name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE"/> <!-- Copyright 2002 - 2007 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for distribution information. --> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center" rowspan="1"> mail::ACCOUNT::moveMessagesTo</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <a accesskey="p" href="account-logout.html" shape="rect">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <span class="structname">mail::ACCOUNT</span> Synchronous API reference</th> <td width="20%" align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">  <a accesskey="n" href="account-openfolder.html" shape="rect">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr/> </div> <div class="refentry" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <a id="account-movemessagesto" shape="rect" name="account-movemessagesto"> </a> <div class="titlepage"/> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2>Name</h2> <p>mail::ACCOUNT::moveMessagesTo — Move messages to another folder</p> </div> <div class="refsynopsisdiv"> <h2>Synopsis</h2> <div class="literallayout"> <p><br clear="none"/> <br clear="none"/> <br clear="none"/> <br clear="none"/> #include <libmail/sync.H><br clear="none"/> <br clear="none"/> <br clear="none"/> mail::ACCOUNT *mail;<br clear="none"/> mail::folder *folder;<br clear="none"/></p> </div> <div class="funcsynopsis"> <table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><code class="funcdef">bool ok=mail-><b class="fsfunc">moveMessagesTo</b>(</code></td> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">const std::vector<size_t> & </td> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><var class="pdparam">msgList</var>,</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">mail::folder * </td> <td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><var class="pdparam">copyTo</var><code>)</code>;</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="literallayout"> <p><br clear="none"/> std::string errmsg=mail->getErrmsg();<br clear="none"/></p> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <a id="id569704" shape="rect" name="id569704"> </a> <h2>USAGE</h2> <p><em class="parameter"><code>msgList</code></em> specifies a list of messages. Messages are numbered starting with message #0 and up to one less than <a class="link" href="account-getfolderindexsize.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::getFolderIndexSize" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::getFolderIndexSize</span>(3x)</span></a> (when <code class="function">mail::account::getFolderIndexSize</code> returns 6, the messages are numbered 0 through 5). Only the messages that appear in <em class="parameter"><code>msgList</code></em> are processed by this request. When a message is removed from the folder, by <a class="link" href="account-updatefolderindexinfo.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::updateFolderIndexInfo" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::updateFolderIndexInfo</span>(3x)</span></a>, the following messages are renumbered accordingly.</p> <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <h3 class="title">Note</h3> <p>Most mail servers allow multiple applications to open the same folder. Therefore, changes to the folder's contents can occur at any time. Before making this request, the application should use <a class="link" href="account-checknewmail.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::checkNewMail" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::checkNewMail</span>(3x)</span></a> to verify that no unexpected changes have been made to the folder's contents.</p> </div> <p><code class="function">mail::ACCOUNT::moveMessagesTo</code> moves messages in the currently-open folder to another folder. It's similar to <a class="link" href="account-copymessagesto.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::copyMessagesTo" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::copyMessagesTo</span>(3x)</span></a>, except that the messages are moved, instead of copied.</p> <p><em class="parameter"><code>copyTo</code></em> is a pointer to a <span class="structname">mail::folder</span> object, representing the folder where messages are moved to. <em class="parameter"><code>copyTo</code></em> may be a folder in another mail account, in which case this function transparently copies the indicated messages using <a class="link" href="account-copymessagesto.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::copyMessagesTo" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::copyMessagesTo</span>(3x)</span></a>, then the original messages are removed using <a class="link" href="account-removemessages.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::removeMessages" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::removeMessages</span>(3x)</span></a>. Only <a class="link" href="smap1.html" title="Appendix A. Simple Mail Access Protocol, Version 1" shape="rect">SMAP</a> and maildir-based mail accounts can move messages directly between folders; for all other accounts the copy/delete implementation will be used automatically.</p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <a id="id569874" shape="rect" name="id569874"> </a> <h2>Return Codes</h2> <p>This method returns <code class="literal">true</code> if it succeeds, or <code class="literal">false</code> if it fails. If the method fails, use <em class="structfield"><code>mail::ACCOUNT::getErrmsg()</code></em> to read a brief description of the error.</p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <a id="id569910" shape="rect" name="id569910"> </a> <h2>SEE ALSO</h2> <p><a class="link" href="account-copymessagesto.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::copyMessagesTo" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::copyMessagesTo</span>(3x)</span></a>, <a class="link" href="account-removemessages.html" title="mail::ACCOUNT::removeMessages" shape="rect"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mail::ACCOUNT::removeMessages</span>(3x)</span></a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr/> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <a accesskey="p" href="account-logout.html" shape="rect">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <a accesskey="u" href="synchronous.html" shape="rect">Up</a></td> <td width="40%" align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">  <a accesskey="n" href="account-openfolder.html" shape="rect">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">mail::ACCOUNT::logout </td> <td width="20%" align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html" shape="rect">Home</a> | <a accesskey="t" href="bk01-toc.html" shape="rect">ToC</a></td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> mail::ACCOUNT::openFolder</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>