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Append (Upload) an Email to an IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.AppendMail method, which uploads an Email object to a mailbox on the server. The first argument is the destination mailbox name and the second is the Email. After a successful append, the AppendUid property holds the UID the server assigned (or 0 if none was reported). This example uploads a newly built message to the Drafts mailbox.

Background: The IMAP APPEND command lets a client add a message directly to any mailbox without sending it through SMTP — it is how "Save to Drafts" works, and how a client keeps its own copy in Sent. The initial \Seen state is governed by the AppendSeen property (or by the flag arguments of the AppendMimeWithFlags variants).

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  Demonstrates the Imap.AppendMail method, which uploads an Email object to a mailbox on the
'  server.  The 1st argument is the destination mailbox name and the 2nd is the Email.

Dim imap As ChilkatImap
imap.Initialize("imap")

imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993

success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = imap.Login("user@example.com", "myPassword")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Build the email to be uploaded.
Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize
email.Subject = "Meeting agenda"
email.From = "Alice <alice@example.com>"
success = email.AddTo("Bob", "bob@example.com")
email.Body = "Let's meet at 10am to review the agenda."

'  Append (upload) the email to the "Drafts" mailbox.
success = imap.AppendMail("Drafts", email)
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  AppendUid holds the UID assigned by the server (0 if the server did not report one).
Log("Appended UID: " & imap.AppendUid)

success = imap.Disconnect
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If