Chilkat2-Python

Create an Inline-Forward Email

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.ToForward method, which creates an inline-forward email based on this email. The forward is returned in the argument, and the source email is not modified. The returned email can be edited — adding recipients, prepending a note — before sending. This example forwards a message and adds a recipient.

Background: An inline forward quotes the original message's content within the body of the new message — the familiar "---------- Forwarded message ----------" style — as opposed to attaching the original as a message/rfc822 part (which AttachEmail does). Chilkat assembles the quoted body and headers for you, leaving the new message ready to address and send.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# Demonstrates the ToForward method, which creates an inline-forward email based on this
# email.  The forward is returned in the argument; the source email is not modified.

email = chilkat2.Email()
email.Subject = "Quarterly results"
email.From = "alice@example.com"
email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
email.Body = "Here are the quarterly results."

# Create an inline-forward email from this message.
fwd = chilkat2.Email()

success = email.ToForward(fwd)
if (success == False):
    print(email.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# The forward can be edited to add recipients before sending.
fwd.AddTo("Carol","carol@example.com")

print(fwd.GetMime())