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Force Quoted-Printable Encoding for Email

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Demonstrates how to force the quoted-printable encoding for email.

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Objective-C
#import <CkoEmail.h>
#import <CkoMailMan.h>

BOOL success = NO;

CkoEmail *email = [[CkoEmail alloc] init];

email.Subject = @"test";
email.From = @"bob@example.com";
[email AddTo: @"Mary" emailAddress: @"mary@example.com"];

//  Add plain-text and HTML alternative bodies.
//  Include some "=" chars so we can see the quoted-printable encoding when used..
[email AddPlainTextAlternativeBody: @"This is a test == Hello World!"];
[email AddHtmlAlternativeBody: @"<html><body>This is a test == Hello World!</body></html>"];

//  Examine the MIME of the email to see that it does not use quoted-printable.
//  (If the email contained non-usascii chars, it would automatically use quoted-printable.)
CkoMailMan *mailman = [[CkoMailMan alloc] init];
NSLog(@"%@",[mailman RenderToMime: email]);

//  Here is the MIME before forcing quoted-printable.
//  Notice the Content-Transfer-Encoding is "7bit" (not "quoted-printable")

//  MIME-Version: 1.0
//  Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:26:52 -0500
//  Message-ID: <CF274FC0A2F82B98A05B7507DF7DFB966A2C0EB8@CHILKATSLICE>
//  Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
//   boundary="------------080901080902080000030208"
//  X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
//  Subject: test
//  From: bob@example.com
//  To: Mary <mary@example.com>
//  
//  --------------080901080902080000030208
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
//  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
//  
//  This is a test == Hello World!
//  --------------080901080902080000030208
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
//  Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
//  
//  <html><body>This is a test == Hello World!</body></html>
//  --------------080901080902080000030208--

NSLog(@"%@",@"----");

//  To force quoted-printable, set the Content-Transfer-Encoding header.
//  It will automatically propagate as needed to the MIME sub-parts.
[email AddHeaderField: @"Content-Transfer-Encoding" fieldValue: @"quoted-printable"];
NSLog(@"%@",[mailman RenderToMime: email]);

//  MIME-Version: 1.0
//  Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:26:52 -0500
//  Message-ID: <F36B276E3A720FE5111D15CE9142C8909E1F5AB9@CHILKATSLICE>
//  Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
//   boundary="------------080901080902080000030208"
//  X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
//  Subject: test
//  From: bob@example.com
//  To: Mary <mary@example.com>
//  
//  --------------080901080902080000030208
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
//  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
//  
//  This is a test =3D=3D Hello World!
//  --------------080901080902080000030208
//  Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
//  Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
//  
//  <html><body>This is a test =3D=3D Hello World!</body></html>
//  --------------080901080902080000030208--