Java

Create a Reply Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.ToReply method, which generates a reply email with updated header and body fields so it can be sent as a reply. Attachments are excluded from the reply, but attached messages are included. The source email is not modified. This example creates a reply and prints its MIME.

Background: Replying is more than swapping sender and recipient: the To is set from the original's reply address, the subject gets an Re: prefix, the original text is quoted, and threading headers (In-Reply-To, References) are added so mail clients group the conversation. ToReply assembles all of that, leaving a message you can edit and send. Dropping attachments is the usual reply convention — you rarely echo the sender's files back to them.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Email;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Demonstrates the ToReply method, which generates a reply email with updated header and
        // body fields ready to send as a reply.  Attachments are excluded from the reply, but
        // attached messages are included.  The source email is not modified.

        Email email = new Email();
        email.setSubject("Project update");
        email.setFrom("alice@example.com");
        email.addTo("Bob", "bob@example.com");
        email.setBody("Here is the project update.");

        // Create a reply email based on this message.
        Email reply = new Email();

        try {
            email.toReply(reply);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // The reply is addressed and quoted, ready to edit and send.
        System.out.println(reply.getMime());
    }
}