Lua

Send Email and Save Copy to "Sent" Mailbox

Sends an email and places a copy in the "Sent" mailbox on an IMAP server.

This example demonstrates how to send an email and then upload a copy to an IMAP mail server's "Sent" mailbox. Note: You may need to create a "Sent" mailbox on your IMAP server prior to running this example. You may already have a mailbox named something different -- perhaps "Sent Items".

Important: If your mail server is POP3, the "Sent Items" mailbox is actually a file on your local computer managed by your email client, such as Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird. This example does not save emails to Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird "Sent Items" local files.

Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

local success = false

-- The mailman object is used for sending (SMTP) and receiving (POP3) email.
local mailman = chilkat.MailMan.new()

-- Set the SMTP server.
mailman.smtp_host = "mail.mydomain.com"
mailman.smtp_username = "myLogin"
mailman.smtp_password = "myPassword"

-- Create a new email object
local email = chilkat.Email.new()

email.subject = "This is a test"
email.body = "This is a test"
email.from = "Myself <myself@mydomain.com>"
success = email:add_to("Somebody", "somebody@somedomain.com")

success = mailman:send_email(email)
if not success then
    print(mailman.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Mail Sent!")

-- Now use Chilkat IMAP to save the email to Inbox.Sent

local imap = chilkat.Imap.new()

-- Connect to an IMAP server.
-- Use TLS
imap.ssl = true
imap.port = 993
success = imap:connect("mail.mydomain.com")
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Login
success = imap:login("myLogin", "myPassword")
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- The AppendMail method uploads an email to an IMAP server
-- and saves it in the mailbox specified:
success = imap:append_mail("Inbox.Sent", email)
if not success then
    print(imap.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Mail saved to Inbox.Sent")