Chilkat2-Python

Append a MIME Message to an IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.AppendMime method, which uploads a complete RFC 822/MIME message to a mailbox. The first argument is the destination mailbox name and the second is the MIME text. This example obtains the MIME from an Email object and uploads it to Drafts.

Background: Use AppendMime when you already hold a message's raw source — a .eml file, a message you assembled, or one you received. Chilkat sends the text exactly as supplied, without normalizing line endings or re-encoding headers, so every header and MIME boundary is preserved verbatim. The supplied text must be plain text (no raw non-text binary bytes).

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# Demonstrates the Imap.AppendMime method, which uploads a complete MIME message to a mailbox.
# The 1st argument is the destination mailbox name and the 2nd is the MIME text.

imap = chilkat2.Imap()

imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993

success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if (success == False):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

success = imap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword")
if (success == False):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Build the email to be uploaded.
email = chilkat2.Email()
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."

# Obtain the MIME text to upload.  Here it is generated from the Email, but it could equally
# be read from a .eml file.
mimeText = email.GetMime()
if (email.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(email.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Append (upload) the MIME to the "Drafts" mailbox.
success = imap.AppendMime("Drafts",mimeText)
if (success == False):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("Appended UID: " + str(imap.AppendUid))

success = imap.Disconnect()
if (success == False):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()