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Append a MIME Message to an IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.AppendMime method, which uploads a complete RFC 822/MIME message to a mailbox. The first argument is the destination mailbox name and the second is the MIME text. This example obtains the MIME from an Email object and uploads it to Drafts.

Background: Use AppendMime when you already hold a message's raw source — a .eml file, a message you assembled, or one you received. Chilkat sends the text exactly as supplied, without normalizing line endings or re-encoding headers, so every header and MIME boundary is preserved verbatim. The supplied text must be plain text (no raw non-text binary bytes).

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

$success = $false

#  Demonstrates the Imap.AppendMime method, which uploads a complete MIME message to a mailbox.
#  The 1st argument is the destination mailbox name and the 2nd is the MIME text.

$imap = New-Object Chilkat.Imap

$imap.Ssl = $true
$imap.Port = 993

$success = $imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $imap.Login("user@example.com","myPassword")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Build the email to be uploaded.
$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email
$email.Subject = "Meeting agenda"
$email.From = "Alice <alice@example.com>"
$success = $email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com")
$email.Body = "Let's meet at 10am to review the agenda."

#  Obtain the MIME text to upload.  Here it is generated from the Email, but it could equally
#  be read from a .eml file.
$mimeText = $email.GetMime()
if ($email.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($email.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Append (upload) the MIME to the "Drafts" mailbox.
$success = $imap.AppendMime("Drafts",$mimeText)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Appended UID: " + $imap.AppendUid)

$success = $imap.Disconnect()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}