Package org.apache.commons.net.examples.mail

Class IMAPImportMbox

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.net.examples.mail.IMAPImportMbox

public final class IMAPImportMbox
extends Object

This is an example program demonstrating how to use the IMAP[S]Client class. This program connects to a IMAP[S] server and imports messages into the folder from an mbox file.

Usage: IMAPImportMbox imap[s]://user:password@host[:port]/folder/path [selectors]

An example selector might be:

• 1,2,3,7-10
• -142986- : this is useful for retrieving messages by apmail number, which appears as From xyz-return-142986-apmail-...

For example:
IMAPImportMbox imaps://user:pass@imap.googlemail.com/imported_messages 201401.mbox 1-10,20 -142986-

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static final String	CRLF
private static final Pattern	PATFROM

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
IMAPImportMbox()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
private static String	getDate(String msg)
private static boolean	listContains(List<String> contains, String string)	Is at least one entry in the list contained in the string?
static void	main(String[] args)
private static boolean	process(StringBuilder sb, IMAPClient imap, String folder, int msgNum)
private static boolean	startsWith(String input, Pattern pat)
private static boolean	wanted(int msgNum, String line, BitSet msgNums, List<String> contains)	Is the message wanted?

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

CRLF

private static final String CRLF

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

PATFROM

private static final Pattern PATFROM

Constructor Details

IMAPImportMbox

public IMAPImportMbox()

Method Details

getDate

private static String getDate(String msg)

listContains

private static boolean listContains(List<String> contains,
 String string)

Is at least one entry in the list contained in the string?

Parameters:

contains - the list of strings to look for

string - the String to check against

Returns:

true if at least one entry in the contains list is contained in the string

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

process

private static boolean process(StringBuilder sb,
 IMAPClient imap,
 String folder,
 int msgNum)
                        throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

startsWith

private static boolean startsWith(String input,
 Pattern pat)

wanted

private static boolean wanted(int msgNum,
 String line,
 BitSet msgNums,
 List<String> contains)

Is the message wanted?

Parameters:

msgNum - the message number

line - the From line

msgNums - the list of wanted message numbers

contains - the list of strings to be contained

Returns:

true if the message is wanted