Send Email and Save Copy to "Sent" Mailbox

Sends an email and places a copy in the "Sent" mailbox on an IMAP server.

This example demonstrates how to send an email and then upload a copy to an IMAP mail server's "Sent" mailbox. Note: You may need to create a "Sent" mailbox on your IMAP server prior to running this example. You may already have a mailbox named something different -- perhaps "Sent Items".

Important: If your mail server is POP3, the "Sent Items" mailbox is actually a file on your local computer managed by your email client, such as Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird. This example does not save emails to Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird "Sent Items" local files.

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require 'chilkat'

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

#  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
if (success != true)
    print "Component unlock failed" + "\n"
    exit
end

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

#  Create a new email object
email = Chilkat::CkEmail.new()

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

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
if (success != true)
    print mailman.lastErrorText() + "\n"
else
    print "Mail Sent!" + "\n"

    #  Now use Chilkat IMAP to save the email to Inbox.Sent

    imap = Chilkat::CkImap.new()

    #  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
    success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
    if (success != true)
        print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
        exit
    end

    #  Connect to an IMAP server.
    success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com")
    if (success != true)
        print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
        exit
    end

    #  Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
    if (success != true)
        print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
        exit
    end

    #  The AppendMail method uploads an email to an IMAP server
    #  and saves it in the mailbox specified:
    success = imap.AppendMail("Inbox.Sent",email)
    if (success != true)
        print imap.lastErrorText() + "\n"
        exit
    end

    print "Mail saved to Inbox.Sent" + "\n"
end