Bounced Email Testing

This example sends an email to bounce@chilkatsoft.com. Chilkat has setup a mailbox (bounce@chilkatsoft.com) that has a message limit of 2. The mailbox is already full, so any messages sent to it will generate an automated mailbox-full bounce reply. Chilkat is providing this mailbox so you may test your bounce handling programs.

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import sys
import chilkat

#  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
mailman = chilkat.CkMailMan()

#  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print "Component unlock failed"
    sys.exit()

#  Set the SMTP server.
mailman.put_SmtpHost("smtp.chilkatsoft.com")
mailman.put_SmtpUsername("myUsername")
mailman.put_SmtpPassword("myPassword")

#  Create a new email object
email = chilkat.CkEmail()

email.put_Subject("This is a test")
email.put_Body("This is a test")
email.put_From("Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>")

#  You may test by sending email to bounce@chilkatsoft.com.
#  Chilkat created this email acccount explicitly for testing.
#  Any email sent to it will receive a "mailbox-full" bounce reply.
email.AddTo("Chilkat Bounce Testing","bounce@chilkatsoft.com")

#  Bounced email will be delivered to this address:
email.put_BounceAddress("bounce.processor@chilkatsoft.com")

#  Note: the BounceAddress property equates to setting the
#  "return-path" email header.  Mail bounces are sent
#  to the email address specified in the "return-path" header
#  field, which may be different than the email address in
#  the "From" header field.

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
if (success != True):
    print mailman.lastErrorText()
else:
    print "Mail Sent!"