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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.

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Node.js
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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var email = new chilkat.Email();

    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 chilkat.Xml();
    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 chilkat.CkDateTime();
    dtNow.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
    xml.NewChild2("Last-Attempt-Date",dtNow.GetAsRfc822(true));

    var headerOnly = true;
    var sbText = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    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 chilkat.Email();
    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--

}

chilkatExample();