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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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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loImap
LOCAL loEmail

lnSuccess = 0

*  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.

loImap = CreateObject('Chilkat.Imap')

loImap.Ssl = 1
loImap.Port = 993

lnSuccess = loImap.Connect("imap.example.com")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnSuccess = loImap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  Build the email to be uploaded.
loEmail = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email')
loEmail.Subject = "Meeting agenda"
loEmail.From = "Alice <alice@example.com>"
lnSuccess = loEmail.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
loEmail.Body = "Let's meet at 10am to review the agenda."

*  Append (upload) the email to the "Drafts" mailbox.
lnSuccess = loImap.AppendMail("Drafts",loEmail)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    RELEASE loEmail
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  AppendUid holds the UID assigned by the server (0 if the server did not report one).
? "Appended UID: " + STR(loImap.AppendUid)

lnSuccess = loImap.Disconnect()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    RELEASE loEmail
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loImap
RELEASE loEmail