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Send MIME Bytes from a BinData via SMTP

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.SendMimeBd method, which sends an email from caller-supplied MIME bytes held in a BinData. The arguments are the from address, the recipient list (the SMTP envelope recipients), and the BinData containing the MIME. This example loads a .eml file into a BinData and sends it.

Important: When sending caller-supplied MIME, ensure the Message-ID header is unique for each message. Sending MIME whose Message-ID was previously used can cause the message to be silently discarded as a duplicate by mail servers — see chilkatsoft.com/email_duplicate_message_id.asp.

Background: This is the binary counterpart to SendMime (which takes MIME as a string). Working from a BinData is the right choice when the message's raw bytes come straight from a file, a database blob, or a network stream — it delivers them byte-for-byte with no charset conversion that could alter the original, which matters because MIME can carry binary transfer encodings.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

//  Demonstrates the MailMan.SendMimeBd method, which sends an email from caller-supplied MIME
//  bytes held in a BinData.  The arguments are the from address, the recipient list (the SMTP
//  envelope recipients), and the BinData containing the MIME.

$mailman = new CkMailMan();

//  Configure the SMTP server connection.
$mailman->put_SmtpHost('smtp.example.com');
$mailman->put_SmtpPort(465);
$mailman->put_SmtpSsl(true);
$mailman->put_SmtpUsername('user@example.com');
$mailman->put_SmtpPassword('myPassword');

//  Load the MIME bytes to send.  Here we read a .eml file, but the bytes could come from
//  any source.
$bdMime = new CkBinData();
$success = $bdMime->LoadFile('qa_data/eml/message.eml');
if ($success == false) {
    print $bdMime->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  IMPORTANT: When sending caller-supplied MIME, make sure the Message-ID header is unique
//  for each message.  Sending MIME that contains a Message-ID that was previously sent can
//  cause the message to be silently discarded as a duplicate by mail servers.  For details,
//  see: https://www.chilkatsoft.com/email_duplicate_message_id.asp

//  Send the MIME bytes to the envelope recipient(s).
$success = $mailman->SendMimeBd('alice@example.com','bob@example.com',$bdMime);
if ($success == false) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'MIME email sent.' . "\n";

//  Note: The path "qa_data/eml/message.eml" is a relative local filesystem path,
//  relative to the current working directory of the running application.

//  Note: Explicitly connecting/authenticating is optional.  Chilkat MailMan automatically
//  connects and authenticates -- using the property settings above -- whenever a server
//  operation requires it.  Calling the explicit connect/authenticate methods can still be
//  helpful to determine whether a failure occurs while connecting or while authenticating.

?>