MessageSet Python Reference Documentation

MessageSet

Current Version: 9.5.0.97

Represents a collection of email message sequence numbers or UIDs on an IMAP server.

Object Creation

obj = chilkat2.MessageSet()

Properties

Count
int Count (read-only)

The number of message UIDs (or sequence numbers) in this message set.

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HasUids
bool HasUids

If True then the message set contains UIDs, otherwise it contains sequence numbers.

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LastMethodSuccess
bool LastMethodSuccess

Indicate whether the last method call succeeded or failed. A value of True indicates success, a value of False indicates failure. This property is automatically set for method calls. It is not modified by property accesses. The property is automatically set to indicate success for the following types of method calls:

  • Any method that returns a string.
  • Any method returning a Chilkat object, binary bytes, or a date/time.
  • Any method returning a standard boolean status value where success = True and failure = False.
  • Any method returning an integer where failure is defined by a return value less than zero.

Note: Methods that do not fit the above requirements will always set this property equal to True. For example, a method that returns no value (such as a "void" in C++) will technically always succeed.

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Methods

ContainsId
bool ContainsId(int msgId)

Returns True if the msgId is contained in the message set.

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FromCompactString
bool FromCompactString(string str)

Loads the message set from a compact-string representation. Here are some examples:

Non-Compact String

Compact String

1,2,3,4,5

1:5

1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10

1:5,8:10

1,3,4,5,8,9,10

1,3:5,8:10

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GetId
int GetId(int index)

Returns the message ID of the Nth message in the set. (indexing begins at 0). Returns 0xFFFFFFFF if the index is out of range.

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InsertId
void InsertId(int id)

Inserts a message ID into the set. If the ID already exists, a duplicate is not inserted.

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LoadTaskResult
bool LoadTaskResult(Task task)
Introduced in version 9.5.0.52

Loads the message set from a completed asynchronous task.

Returns True for success, False for failure.

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RemoveId
void RemoveId(int id)

Removes a message ID from the set.

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ToCommaSeparatedStr
string ToCommaSeparatedStr()

Returns a string of comma-separated message IDs. (This is the non-compact string format.)

Returns None on failure

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ToCompactString
string ToCompactString()

Returns the set of message IDs represented as a compact string. Here are some examples:

Non-Compact String

Compact String

1,2,3,4,5

1:5

1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10

1:5,8:10

1,3,4,5,8,9,10

1,3:5,8:10

Returns None on failure

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