Create Email with Non-Standard Binary Body

Creates an email where the only body is a binary WAV file. The technique used in the example could be applied to other binary files, such as PDF, MS-WORD docs, Excel docs, etc.

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import sys
import chilkat

mime = chilkat.CkMime()

success = mime.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial.")
if (success == False):
    print mime.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

success = mime.SetBodyFromFile("VoiceMessage.wav")
if (success == False):
    print mime.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  The MIME has this header:
#  Content-Disposition: attachment;
#  	 filename="VoiceMessage.wav"
#  Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
#  Content-Type: audio/x-wav;
#  	name="VoiceMessage.wav"

#  We don't want the content-disposition to be an
#  attachment -- otherwise the email object will self-correct
#  and put it in a multipart/mixed format...
mime.put_Disposition("")
mime.put_Filename("")

strMime = mime.getMime()
print strMime

#  Now load it into an email object:
email = chilkat.CkEmail()
success = email.SetFromMimeText(strMime)
if (success == False):
    print email.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Add subject, TO, FROM, etc.
email.put_Subject("This is a test")
email.put_From("support@chilkatsoft.com")
email.AddTo("Matt","matt@chilkatsoft.com")

#  Your email is ready to send.
#  (but for this example, we'll simply save it to a file...)
success = email.SaveEml("email.eml")
if (success == False):
    print email.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

print "OK!"