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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. Lianja

llSuccess = .F.

loEmail = createobject("CkEmail")

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

? loEmail.GetMime()
? ""
? "-------------------------------------------------------------"
? ""

//  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)

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

llHeaderOnly = .T.
loSbText = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loSbText.Append("This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification." + Chr(13) + Chr(10) + Chr(13) + Chr(10))
loSbText.Append("Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:" + Chr(13) + Chr(10) + Chr(13) + Chr(10))
loSbText.Append("    recipient@example.com" + Chr(13) + Chr(10) + Chr(13) + Chr(10))
loSbText.Append("Technical details of permanent failure:" + Chr(13) + Chr(10))
loSbText.Append("DNS Error: Domain name not found" + Chr(13) + Chr(10))

lcExplain = loSbText.GetAsString()

loDsnEmail = createobject("CkEmail")
llSuccess = loEmail.ToDsn(lcExplain,loXml.GetXml(),llHeaderOnly,loDsnEmail)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loEmail.LastErrorText
    release loEmail
    release loXml
    release loDtNow
    release loSbText
    release loDsnEmail
    return
endif

? loDsnEmail.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--


release loEmail
release loXml
release loDtNow
release loSbText
release loDsnEmail