Traversing the Inbox Folder
To cycle through all of the messages in the Inbox
- Call IMsgStore::GetReceiveFolder to retrieve the entry identifier of the Inbox.
- Call IMAPIFolder::OpenEntry to open the Inbox.
- Call the Inbox's IMAPIContainer::GetContentsTable method to retrieve the contents table.
- Call the contents table's IMAPITable::SetColumns method to limit the column set to PR_ENTRYID and any other columns you require.
- Call IMAPITable::QueryRows to retrieve a group of rows.
- Until there are no longer any rows in the contents table:
- Call IMsgStore::OpenEntry to open the message represented by the entry identifier from each row.
- Assign the lppUnk parameter to a local IMessage interface pointer.
- Work with the properties of the message.
- Release the pointer pointed to by the lppUnk parameter.
- Call IMAPITable::QueryRows to retrieve the next group of rows.
- Release the contents table.