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Create a Message Disposition Notification (MDN)

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.ToMdn method, which creates a new MDN (Message Disposition Notification) email in the format specified by RFC 3798, based on this email. The generated MDN is returned in the last argument, and the source email is not modified. The first argument is the human-readable message, the second is the disposition fields, and the third indicates whether to include headers only. This example builds an MDN for a received message.

Background: An MDN is the formal "read receipt" — the response returned (with the user's consent) when a message requesting a receipt is opened. Like a DSN it is a multipart/report, but it carries a message/disposition-notification part describing what happened to the message (for example, displayed). ToMdn generates that report, which pairs with the ReturnReceipt property that requests one.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the ToMdn method, which creates a new MDN (Message Disposition Notification)
    //  email (RFC 3798) based on this email.  The generated MDN is returned in the last argument.
    //  The source email is not modified.

    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();

    success = email.LoadEml("qa_data/eml/received.eml");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, email.lastErrorText());
        return true;
        }

    //  Create an MDN (read receipt) for the received message.  The 1st argument is the
    //  human-readable message, the 2nd is the disposition fields, and the 3rd (headerOnly) is false.
    CkEmail mdn = new CkEmail();
    success = email.ToMdn("Your message has been displayed.","Disposition: manual-action/MDN-sent-manually; displayed",false,mdn);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, email.lastErrorText());
        return true;
        }

    //  Populate additional sender/recipient fields on the MDN before sending, then send it.
    Log.i(TAG, mdn.getMime());

    //  Note: The path "qa_data/..." is a relative local filesystem path,
    //  relative to the current working directory of the running application.

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}