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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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#include <CkImap.h>
#include <CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = 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.

    CkImap imap;

    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);

    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = imap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Build the email to be uploaded.
    CkEmail email;
    email.put_Subject("Meeting agenda");
    email.put_From("Alice <alice@example.com>");
    success = email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com");
    email.put_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) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  AppendUid holds the UID assigned by the server (0 if the server did not report one).
    std::cout << "Appended UID: " << imap.get_AppendUid() << "\r\n";

    success = imap.Disconnect();
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }
    }