Send Email and Save Copy to "Sent" Mailbox

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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.

'  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan2

'  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
Dim success As Long
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox "Component unlock failed"
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Set the SMTP server.
mailman.SmtpHost = "mail.chilkatsoft.com"
mailman.SmtpUsername = "myLogin"
mailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword"

'  Create a new email object
Dim email As New ChilkatEmail2

email.Subject = "This is a test"
email.Body = "This is a test"
email.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
email.AddTo "Chilkat Admin","admin@chilkatsoft.com"

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox mailman.LastErrorText
Else
    MsgBox "Mail Sent!"

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

    Dim imap As New ChilkatImap

    '  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
    success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
    If (success <> 1) Then
        MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    '  Connect to an IMAP server.
    success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com")
    If (success <> 1) Then
        MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    '  Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
    If (success <> 1) Then
        MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    '  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 <> 1) Then
        MsgBox imap.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    MsgBox "Mail saved to Inbox.Sent"
End If