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Create DSN (Delivery Status Notification) Email

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Demonstrates how to create a DSN (Delivery Status Notification) Email having the format as defined in RFC 3464. JavaScript

var success = false;

var email = new CkEmail();

email.Subject = "Test";
email.From = "joe@example.com";
email.Body = "This is a test";
email.AddTo("","recipient@example.com");

console.log(email.GetMime());
console.log("");
console.log("-------------------------------------------------------------");
console.log("");

//  This is the email we just created:

//  MIME-Version: 1.0
//  Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 11:13:15 -0500
//  Message-ID: <917FA49F75544EF51948B0A52F403B925B51073F@SLICE>
//  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
//  X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
//  Subject: Test
//  From: joe@example.com
//  To: recipient@example.com
//  
//  This is a test

//  -----------------------------------------------------------------
//  Convert the above email into a DSN (Delivery Status Notification)

var xml = new CkXml();
xml.Tag = "DeliveryStatusFields";
xml.NewChild2("Final-Recipient","rfc822; recipient@example.com");
xml.NewChild2("Action","failed");
xml.NewChild2("Status","5.1.2");
xml.NewChild2("Diagnostic-Code","smtp; 550 5.1.2 Host unknown (Domain name not found)");
var dtNow = new CkDateTime();
dtNow.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
xml.NewChild2("Last-Attempt-Date",dtNow.GetAsRfc822(true));

var headerOnly = true;
var sbText = new CkStringBuilder();
sbText.Append("This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.\r\n\r\n");
sbText.Append("Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:\r\n\r\n");
sbText.Append("    recipient@example.com\r\n\r\n");
sbText.Append("Technical details of permanent failure:\r\n");
sbText.Append("DNS Error: Domain name not found\r\n");

var explain = sbText.GetAsString();

var dsnEmail = new CkEmail();
success = email.ToDsn(explain,xml.GetXml(),headerOnly,dsnEmail);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(email.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log(dsnEmail.GetMime());

//  Here's the MIME of the DNS email we just created:
//  -------------------------------------------------

//  Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type="delivery-status"; boundary="------------060100020300020303000802"
//  
//  --------------060100020300020303000802
//  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
//  
//  This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.
//  
//  Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
//  
//      recipient@example.com
//  
//  Technical details of permanent failure:
//  DNS Error: Domain name not found
//  
//  --------------060100020300020303000802
//  Content-Type: message/delivery-status
//  
//  Final-Recipient: rfc822; recipient@example.com
//  Action: failed
//  Status: 5.1.2
//  Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.1.2 Host unknown (Domain name not found)
//  Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 11:30:39 -0500
//  
//  --------------060100020300020303000802
//  Content-Type: text/rfc822-headers; charset=windows-1252
//  
//  MIME-Version: 1.0
//  Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 11:30:39 -0500
//  Message-ID: <B8E6875D582A78AE779FC0B46ACC8C858CEAF608@SLICE>
//  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
//  X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
//  Subject: Test
//  From: joe@example.com
//  To: recipient@example.com
//  --------------060100020300020303000802--