Webklex/laravel-imap

how to merge multiple email accounts in folder eg inbox

ssekimuli opened this issue · 8 comments

ssekimuli commented

how to merge multiple email accounts in folder eg inbox

Webklex commented

Hi @ssekimuli ,
thanks for posting your question.
I'm not really sure what you are asking.. Please add a brief description or a theoretical example.

Best regards and happy coding,

ssekimuli commented
Webklex commented

Thanks for clarifying. You can configure as many accounts as you like inside your config
https://github.com/Webklex/laravel-imap/blob/master/src/config/imap.php#L47 or by providing the same array as options during the initialization https://www.php-imap.com/api/client-manager
Afterwards you can access each configured account via:

/** @var \Webklex\PHPIMAP\ClientManager $cm */
/** @var \Webklex\PHPIMAP\Client $client */

$client = $cm->account('account_identifier');

You could also store the account information somewhere else and just create a new instance on the fly if needed:

/** @var \Webklex\PHPIMAP\ClientManager $cm */
/** @var \Webklex\PHPIMAP\Client $client */

$client = $cm->make([
    'host'          => 'somehost.com',
    'port'          => 993,
    'encryption'    => 'ssl',
    'validate_cert' => true,
    'username'      => 'username',
    'password'      => 'password',
    'protocol'      => 'imap'
]);

Best regards & happy coding,

ssekimuli commented

i want to config two emails accounts at once . let say i have outlook and gmail and i want them to under on folder

Webklex commented

I see, unfortunately that's not possible - or at least not that I know of. The folders e.g. "INBOX" are located on two different servers which don't know of each other and have nothing in common besides their name. If you want to fetch both, you'll have to connect to both and do what ever you like to do to each folder individually :)

Best regards & happy coding,

Webklex commented

P.s.: there is something called "shared inbox" but it has nothing to do with this library and I doubt you could create a shared inbox across providers but you never know :)
Google or DuckDuckGo can probably tell you more about this topic.

ssekimuli commented

getSharedMailbox() do you have this function

so that is connect

sharedMailbox = $client->getSharedMailbox('sharedinbox');

Webklex commented

Hi @ssekimuli ,
thanks for the followup. No, such a function doesn't exists - at least not one with this name. What are you expecting this method to do? Perhaps a similar function does exist. Like $client->getFolder("someName") ?

Please try to provide a bit more context, code or examples. Tell the world what you are up to :)

Best regards & happy coding,