Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Forward an Email using CreateForward

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Reads an email from an IMAP server, creates a forward version of the email using the CreateForward method, and sends the email to another recipient. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Email;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Imap;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.MailMan;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        // Read the 1st (most recent) email in an Inbox.
        Imap imap = new Imap();

        // Connect to an IMAP server.
        imap.setSsl(true);
        imap.setPort(993);
        try {
            imap.connect("imap.example.com");

            // Login
            imap.login("myLogin", "myPassword");

            // Select an IMAP mailbox
            imap.selectMailbox("Inbox");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        int numEmails = imap.getNumMessages();

        // Fetch the email at the last sequence number.
        // (We are assuming the Inbox has at least 1 email)

        Email email = new Email();
        try {
            imap.fetchEmail(false, numEmails, false, email);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
        imap.disconnect();

        System.out.println(email.getSubject());

        Email eForward = new Email();
        try {
            email.toForward(eForward);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // The eForward email has no To or CC recipients yet.
        // Add one or more..
        eForward.addTo("Joe", "joe@example.com");

        // We also need to specify the From name/address.
        eForward.setFromAddress("matt@someMailServer.com");
        eForward.setFromName("Matt");

        // If we wish to add text at the start of the email body:
        StringBuilder sbHtmlBody = new StringBuilder();
        if (eForward.hasHtmlBody()) {
            sbHtmlBody.append(eForward.getHtmlBody());
            sbHtmlBody.prepend("<p>Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you...</p>");
            eForward.setHtmlBody(sbHtmlBody.getAsString());
        }

        StringBuilder sbPtBody = new StringBuilder();
        if (eForward.hasPlainTextBody()) {
            sbPtBody.append(eForward.getPlainTextBody());
            sbPtBody.prepend("Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you...\r\n\r\n");
            eForward.setTextBody(sbPtBody.getAsString(), "text/plain");
        }

        // We could save the .eml, then double-click on it to view in our mail program, such as Outlook or Thunderbird..
        eForward.saveEml("qa_output/forward.eml");

        // We could send (forward) the email..
        MailMan mailman = new MailMan();

        mailman.setSmtpHost("smtp.example.com");
        mailman.setSmtpUsername("myLogin");
        mailman.setSmtpPassword("myPassword");
        mailman.setSmtpPort(587);
        mailman.setStartTLS(true);

        try {
            mailman.sendEmail(eForward);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        try {
            mailman.closeSmtpConnection();
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.");
        }

        System.out.println("Mail Sent!");
    }
}