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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    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.

    imap := chilkat.NewImap()

    imap.SetSsl(true)
    imap.SetPort(993)

    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        return
    }

    success = imap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        return
    }

    //  Build the email to be uploaded.
    email := chilkat.NewEmail()
    email.SetSubject("Meeting agenda")
    email.SetFrom("Alice <alice@example.com>")
    success = email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
    email.SetBody("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.
    mimeText := email.GetMime()
    if email.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(email.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        email.DisposeEmail()
        return
    }

    //  Append (upload) the MIME to the "Drafts" mailbox.
    success = imap.AppendMime("Drafts",*mimeText)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        email.DisposeEmail()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Appended UID: ", imap.AppendUid())

    success = imap.Disconnect()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(imap.LastErrorText())
        imap.DisposeImap()
        email.DisposeEmail()
        return
    }


    imap.DisposeImap()
    email.DisposeEmail()