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Upload .eml File to an IMAP Mailbox

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Demonstrates how to upload the MIME source of an email to a mailbox on an IMAP server.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

imap = chilkat2.Imap()

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# Connect to an IMAP server.
# Use TLS
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("MY-IMAP-DOMAIN")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Login
success = imap.Login("MY-IMAP-LOGIN","MY-IMAP-PASSWORD")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

sbMime = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
sbMime.LoadFile("qa_data/eml/emoji_pizza.eml","utf-8")

# Upload to the mailbox.
success = imap.AppendMime("[Gmail]/testFolder",sbMime.GetAsString())
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

imap.Disconnect()

print("OK.")