Append (Upload) an Email to an IMAP Mailbox

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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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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.

Chilkat.Imap imap = new Chilkat.Imap();

imap.Ssl = true;
imap.Port = 993;

success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

success = imap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Build the email to be uploaded.
Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.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.";

//  Append (upload) the email to the "Drafts" mailbox.
success = imap.AppendMail("Drafts",email);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  AppendUid holds the UID assigned by the server (0 if the server did not report one).
Debug.WriteLine("Appended UID: " + Convert.ToString(imap.AppendUid));

success = imap.Disconnect();
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}