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Create a Reply Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.ToReply method, which generates a reply email with updated header and body fields so it can be sent as a reply. Attachments are excluded from the reply, but attached messages are included. The source email is not modified. This example creates a reply and prints its MIME.

Background: Replying is more than swapping sender and recipient: the To is set from the original's reply address, the subject gets an Re: prefix, the original text is quoted, and threading headers (In-Reply-To, References) are added so mail clients group the conversation. ToReply assembles all of that, leaving a message you can edit and send. Dropping attachments is the usual reply convention — you rarely echo the sender's files back to them.

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Email
oleobject loo_Reply

li_Success = 0

//  Demonstrates the ToReply method, which generates a reply email with updated header and
//  body fields ready to send as a reply.  Attachments are excluded from the reply, but
//  attached messages are included.  The source email is not modified.

loo_Email = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Email.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Email
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
loo_Email.Subject = "Project update"
loo_Email.From = "alice@example.com"
loo_Email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
loo_Email.Body = "Here is the project update."

//  Create a reply email based on this message.
loo_Reply = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Reply.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")

li_Success = loo_Email.ToReply(loo_Reply)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Email.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Email
    destroy loo_Reply
    return
end if

//  The reply is addressed and quoted, ready to edit and send.
Write-Debug loo_Reply.GetMime()


destroy loo_Email
destroy loo_Reply