Method: Mail::ImapTools#status_or_create_mailbox

Defined in:
lib/mail/imap_tools.rb

#status_or_create_mailbox(mailbox, raise_on_select = false) ⇒ Object

Checks whether the given mailbox exists and creates it if not. If it exists it will be selected. TODO check imap protocoll if there isn’t a better way to do this.

Parameters

mailbox

Name of the mailbox (imap folder)

raise_on_select

Raise an exception if a select is not possible. This also skips creation of the mailbox. Used for internal purposes.



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# File 'lib/mail/imap_tools.rb', line 25

def status_or_create_mailbox(mailbox, raise_on_select = false)
  ret = nil
  
  begin
    ret = @imap.status(mailbox, ["MESSAGES", "RECENT", "UNSEEN"])
    # Mailbox already exists
  rescue Net::IMAP::NoResponseError => e

    # The mailbox does not exist (or is non-selectable for some reason)
    unless raise_on_select
      
      # So we create it
      @imap.create(mailbox)
      puts "Created mailbox #{mailbox}."

      # And select it
      status_or_create_mailbox(mailbox, true)
    else
      
      # For some reasons the creation/selection of the mailbox failed.
      # In order to avoid an infinte loop we give up after trying to create and select the mailbox once.
      raise e
    end
  end
  return ret
end