Chilkat2-Python
Chilkat2-Python
Create a Reply Email
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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.Chilkat Chilkat2-Python Downloads
import sys
import chilkat2
success = False
# 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.
email = chilkat2.Email()
email.Subject = "Project update"
email.From = "alice@example.com"
email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
email.Body = "Here is the project update."
# Create a reply email based on this message.
reply = chilkat2.Email()
success = email.ToReply(reply)
if (success == False):
print(email.LastErrorText)
sys.exit()
# The reply is addressed and quoted, ready to edit and send.
print(reply.GetMime())