unique id in imap php

Question

I am using imap_search to get a list of Emails FROM INBOX and SENT ITEMS .

I have a grid that showing the Mail headers first ,when user clicks on one row i want to show entire content,like body,attachment etc ..

to achieve this there should be a UNIQUE ID for each messages.

how can i get UNIQUE ID for messages , i know about the SE_UID option will return the UNIQUE ID'S but UNIQUE ID are only in one Mail box ,

I can see same ID'S on INBOX and SENT ITEMS.

Please help me.

Note : I am using Codeigniter with Peeker Library.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use the UID of an email to do operations on any email in any mailbox such as INBOX and SENT.

You can find more information http://phpmaster.com/exploring-phps-imap-library-1/ in this article

Answer 2

The completely unique ID is made up of the mailbox name (eg INBOX ), the UIDVALIDITY returned when a mailbox is selected, and the message UID .

You need to select the relevant mailbox and provide the correct UID to fetch the right message. UIDs are not unique between different mailboxes.