Flags Property

Contains flags which are set for the mailbox.

This can be zero, or any combination of the following values:

1 - "\Noinferiors" flag. No child mailboxes can exist or be created for this mailbox
2 - "\Noselect" flag. The mailbox cannot be selected or examined
4 - "\Marked" flag. The server has marked the mailbox as "interesting". This usually happens when new messages have been added to the mailbox since last time the mailbox was selected
8 - "\Unmarked" flag. No new messages since last time the mailbox was selected
16 - "\Inbox" flag. This mailbox serves Inbox purpose
32 - "\Drafts" flag. This mailbox serves Drafts purpose
64 - "\Sent" flag. This mailbox serves Sent Items purpose
128 - "\Spam" flag. This mailbox contains spam
256 - "\Trash" flag. This mailbox contains deleted items
512 - "\Archive" flag. This mailbox contains archived items
1024 - "\Starred" flag. This mailbox contains starred or flagged items (usually, it's a virtual mailbox and all items here are also available in other mailboxes)
2048 - "\Important" flag. This mailbox contains important items (usually, a virtual mailbox)
4096 - "\AllMail" flag. This mailbox is a virtual mailbox which groups items from other mailboxes into a single list
8192 - "\HasChildren" flag. This mailbox contains child mailboxes
16384 - "\HasNoChildren" flag. This mailbox does not contain child mailboxes (if neither "\HasChildren" nor "\HasNoChildren" is set, the status is unknown)

Note: special folder flags (\Inbox, \Drafts, \Sent, \Spam, \Trash, etc) can only be returned if the server supports XLIST or SPECIAL-USE extensions. \HasChildren and \HasNoChildren flags - if the server supports CHILDREN extension. See RetrieveMailboxesEx method for details.

Value Type:	Long

Parameters:	None

Remarks:	This property is read-only

Usage example:

' This sample prints all flags of the first mailbox in the IMAP4 account
Dim Mailer, Mailboxes, Flags
'Using visual basic to create object
Set Mailer = CreateObject("MailBee.IMAP4")
'Using ASP to create object
'Set Mailer = Server.CreateObject("MailBee.IMAP4")
'In ASP use Response.Write instead of MsgBox
Mailer.EnableLogging = True
Mailer.LogFilePath = "C:\Temp\imap4_log.txt"
Mailer.ClearLog
Mailer.LicenseKey = "put your license key here"
If Mailer.Connect("mailserver.com", 143, "MyName", "MyPassword") Then
  Set Mailboxes = Mailer.RetrieveMailboxes
  If Not Mailboxes Is Nothing Then
    If Mailboxes.Count > 0 Then
      Flags = Mailboxes(1).Flags
      If (Flags And 1) = 1 Then MsgBox "\Noinferiors flag set"
      If (Flags And 2) = 2 Then MsgBox "\Noselect flag set"
      If (Flags And 4) = 4 Then MsgBox "\Marked flag set"
      If (Flags And 8) = 8 Then MsgBox "\Unmarked flag set"
      If (Flags And 16) = 16 Then MsgBox "\Inbox flag set"
      If (Flags And 32) = 32 Then MsgBox "\Drafts flag set"
      If (Flags And 64) = 64 Then MsgBox "\Sent flag set"
      If (Flags And 128) = 128 Then MsgBox "\Spam flag set"
      If (Flags And 256) = 256 Then MsgBox "\Trash flag set"
    End If
  End If
  Mailer.Disconnect
End If

See Also:

Name Property