Node.js

Send Email with Multiple Reply-To Addresses

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Send email with multiple repy-to addresses.

Note: Some mail servers will remove the extra email addresses from the Reply-To header. Even if you provide multiple reply-to addresses, the email may arrive with only the 1st.

Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var mailman = new chilkat.MailMan();

    mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.my_mail_server.com";
    mailman.SmtpUsername = "myUsername";
    mailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword";
    mailman.SmtpPort = 465;
    mailman.SmtpSsl = true;

    //  Create a new email object
    var email = new chilkat.Email();

    email.Subject = "This is a test";
    email.Body = "This is a test";
    email.From = "Joe <joe@example.com>";
    success = email.AddTo("Mary","mary@example2.com");

    //  Specify a single reply-to address, which will get replace with a list of addresses..
    email.ReplyTo = "placeholder@example.com";

    //  Get the email as MIME.
    var sbMime = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    mailman.RenderToMimeSb(email,sbMime);

    //  Update the Reply-To MIME header with a list of email addresses.
    var replyToAddrs = "joe@example.com, mike@example.com";
    sbMime.ReplaceAllBetween("Reply-To: ","\r\n",replyToAddrs,false);

    //  Examine the MIME to be sent:
    console.log(sbMime.GetAsString());

    //  Here's the MIME:

    //  MIME-Version: 1.0
    //  Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:18:12 -0500
    //  Message-ID: <D892B0E563A7A13B1F499530DE21529714EA479A@SLICE>
    //  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
    //  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
    //  X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
    //  Subject: This is a test
    //  From: Joe <joe@example.com>
    //  To: Mary <mary@example2.com>
    //  Reply-To: joe@example.com, mike@example.com
    //  
    //  This is a test

    //  ---------
    //  Send the MIME...
    success = mailman.SendMime("joe@example.com","mary@example2.com",sbMime.GetAsString());
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.");
    }

    console.log("Mail Sent!");

}

chilkatExample();