Set the X-Mailer Header of an Email

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.Mailer property, which identifies the email software that sent the email. It corresponds to the MIME X-Mailer header. This example sets the mailer string and shows it in the generated MIME.

Background: X-Mailer is an optional, informational header — the X- prefix marks it as non-standard — that names the program used to compose or send the message. Mail servers do not require it and it has no effect on delivery; it is mainly useful for diagnostics and analytics. Because it is self-reported, it is trivially spoofable and should never be relied on for security decisions.

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#include <C_CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkEmail email;

    //  Demonstrates the Email.Mailer property, which identifies the email software
    //  that sent the email.  This corresponds to the MIME X-Mailer header.

    email = CkEmail_Create();

    CkEmail_putMailer(email,"My Custom Mailer 1.0");

    printf("Mailer = %s\n",CkEmail_mailer(email));

    //  The X-Mailer header appears in the generated MIME.
    printf("%s\n",CkEmail_getMime(email));


    CkEmail_Dispose(email);

    }