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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. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email

$email.Subject = "Test"
$email.From = "joe@example.com"
$email.Body = "This is a test"
$email.AddTo("","recipient@example.com")

$($email.GetMime())
$("")
$("-------------------------------------------------------------")
$("")

#  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)

$xml = New-Object 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)")
$dtNow = New-Object Chilkat.CkDateTime
$dtNow.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
$xml.NewChild2("Last-Attempt-Date",$dtNow.GetAsRfc822($true))

$headerOnly = $true
$sbText = New-Object 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")

$explain = $sbText.GetAsString()

$dsnEmail = New-Object Chilkat.Email
$success = $email.ToDsn($explain,$xml.GetXml(),$headerOnly,$dsnEmail)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($email.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$($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--