Save Sent Email in an XML File

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This example demonstrates one way of saving sent email to a single XML file.

/*

The format of the "sent" XML file is:

<sent>
<email>
        <date></date>
        <subject></subject>
        <to></to>
        <mime_source></mime_source>
</email>
<email>
...
</email>
...
</sent>

The intent is to minimize the parsing so as the file grows you're not parsing 
each individual email simply to load the file. You might save key information 
(date,subject,to) in XML nodes, but each email's source is only parsed on 
an as-needed basis.

*/



Chilkat.MailMan mailman = new Chilkat.MailMan();
mailman.UnlockComponent("anything");

mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.comcast.net";

Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.Email();
email.AddTo("Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.com");
email.From = "Matt Fausey <fausey@chilkatsoft.com>";
email.Subject = "This is a test";
email.Body = "This is the test body.";

mailman.SendEmail(email);

// Save the email to our "Sent" XML file.
Chilkat.Xml xmlSent = new Chilkat.Xml();
bool b = xmlSent.LoadXmlFile("sent.xml");
if (!b) {
    // Initialize the XML to <sent></sent>
    xmlSent.Tag = "sent";
    }

Chilkat.Xml xmlEmail = xmlSent.NewChild("email","");

xmlEmail.NewChild2("date",email.EmailDate.ToString());
xmlEmail.NewChild2("subject",email.Subject);
xmlEmail.NewChild2("to",email.GetHeaderField("to"));
xmlEmail.NewChild2("mime",email.GetMime());

// Re-write the file.
xmlSent.SaveXml("sent.xml");
	    

Important: The download for this example does not contain the ChilkatDotNet.dll which
must be downloaded and installed separately at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads.asp.
Once installed, add a reference to the DLL in the project by following the instructions at
http://www.example-code.com/vbdotnet/step2.asp