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Append a MIME Message to an IMAP Mailbox

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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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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.

local imap = chilkat.Imap.new()

imap.ssl = true
imap.port = 993

local success = imap:connect("imap.example.com")
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end

success = imap:login("user@example.com", "myPassword")
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Build the email to be uploaded.
local email = chilkat.Email.new()
email.subject = "Meeting agenda"
email.from = "Alice <alice@example.com>"
success = email:add_to("Bob", "bob@example.com")
email.body = "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.
local mimeText = email:get_mime()
if not email.last_method_success then
    print(email.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Append (upload) the MIME to the "Drafts" mailbox.
success = imap:append_mime("Drafts", mimeText)
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Appended UID: " .. imap.append_uid)

success = imap:disconnect()
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end