(SQL Server) Forward an Email using CreateForward

Reads an email from an IMAP server, creates a forward version of the email using the CreateForward method, and sends the email to another recipient.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    -- Read the 1st (most recent) email in an Inbox.
    DECLARE @imap int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Imap', @imap OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Connect to an IMAP server.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Ssl', 1
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Port', 993
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'imap.example.com'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- Login
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Login', @success OUT, 'myLogin', 'myPassword'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- Select an IMAP mailbox
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'SelectMailbox', @success OUT, 'Inbox'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @numEmails int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'NumMessages', @numEmails OUT

    -- Fetch the email at the last sequence number.
    -- (We are assuming the Inbox has at least 1 email)

    DECLARE @email int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'FetchEmail', @success OUT, 0, @numEmails, 0, @email
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        RETURN
      END

    -- Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Disconnect', @success OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'Subject', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    DECLARE @eForward int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @eForward OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'ToForward', @success OUT, @eForward
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @eForward
        RETURN
      END

    -- The eForward email has no To or CC recipients yet.
    -- Add one or more..
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @eForward, 'AddTo', @success OUT, 'Joe', 'joe@example.com'

    -- We also need to specify the From name/address.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @eForward, 'FromAddress', 'matt@someMailServer.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @eForward, 'FromName', 'Matt'

    -- If we wish to add text at the start of the email body:
    DECLARE @sbHtmlBody int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbHtmlBody OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @eForward, 'HasHtmlBody', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @eForward, 'GetHtmlBody', @sTmp0 OUT
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbHtmlBody, 'Append', @success OUT, @sTmp0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbHtmlBody, 'Prepend', @success OUT, '<p>Hello, this is an email I''m forwarding to you...</p>'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbHtmlBody, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @eForward, 'SetHtmlBody', NULL, @sTmp0
      END
    DECLARE @sbPtBody int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbPtBody OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @eForward, 'HasPlainTextBody', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @eForward, 'GetPlainTextBody', @sTmp0 OUT
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbPtBody, 'Append', @success OUT, @sTmp0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbPtBody, 'Prepend', @success OUT, 'Hello, this is an email I''m forwarding to you...' + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbPtBody, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @eForward, 'SetTextBody', NULL, @sTmp0, 'text/plain'
      END

    -- We could save the .eml, then double-click on it to view in our mail program, such as Outlook or Thunderbird..
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @eForward, 'SaveEml', @success OUT, 'qa_output/forward.eml'

    -- We could send (forward) the email..
    DECLARE @mailman int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MailMan', @mailman OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpHost', 'smtp.example.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpUsername', 'myLogin'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPassword', 'myPassword'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPort', 587
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'StartTLS', 1

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'SendEmail', @success OUT, @eForward
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @eForward
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbHtmlBody
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbPtBody
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'CloseSmtpConnection', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.'
      END


    PRINT 'Mail Sent!'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @eForward
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbHtmlBody
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbPtBody
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman


END
GO