Classic ASP

Create a Reply Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.ToReply method, which generates a reply email with updated header and body fields so it can be sent as a reply. Attachments are excluded from the reply, but attached messages are included. The source email is not modified. This example creates a reply and prints its MIME.

Background: Replying is more than swapping sender and recipient: the To is set from the original's reply address, the subject gets an Re: prefix, the original text is quoted, and threading headers (In-Reply-To, References) are added so mail clients group the conversation. ToReply assembles all of that, leaving a message you can edit and send. Dropping attachments is the usual reply convention — you rarely echo the sender's files back to them.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

'  Demonstrates the ToReply method, which generates a reply email with updated header and
'  body fields ready to send as a reply.  Attachments are excluded from the reply, but
'  attached messages are included.  The source email is not modified.

set email = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
email.Subject = "Project update"
email.From = "alice@example.com"
success = email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
email.Body = "Here is the project update."

'  Create a reply email based on this message.
set reply = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")

success = email.ToReply(reply)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( email.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  The reply is addressed and quoted, ready to edit and send.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( reply.GetMime()) & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>