Append a MIME Message to an IMAP Mailbox

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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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bool 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.

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.";

//  Obtain the MIME text to upload.  Here it is generated from the Email, but it could equally
//  be read from a .eml file.
string mimeText = email.GetMime();
if (email.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

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

Debug.WriteLine("Appended UID: " + Convert.ToString(imap.AppendUid));

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