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Append (Upload) an Email to an IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.AppendMail method, which uploads an Email object to a mailbox on the server. The first argument is the destination mailbox name and the second is the Email. After a successful append, the AppendUid property holds the UID the server assigned (or 0 if none was reported). This example uploads a newly built message to the Drafts mailbox.

Background: The IMAP APPEND command lets a client add a message directly to any mailbox without sending it through SMTP — it is how "Save to Drafts" works, and how a client keeps its own copy in Sent. The initial \Seen state is governed by the AppendSeen property (or by the flag arguments of the AppendMimeWithFlags variants).

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load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

#  Demonstrates the Imap.AppendMail method, which uploads an Email object to a mailbox on the
#  server.  The 1st argument is the destination mailbox name and the 2nd is the Email.

set imap [new_CkImap]

CkImap_put_Ssl $imap 1
CkImap_put_Port $imap 993

set success [CkImap_Connect $imap "imap.example.com"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

set success [CkImap_Login $imap "user@example.com" "myPassword"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

#  Build the email to be uploaded.
set email [new_CkEmail]

CkEmail_put_Subject $email "Meeting agenda"
CkEmail_put_From $email "Alice <alice@example.com>"
set success [CkEmail_AddTo $email "Bob" "bob@example.com"]
CkEmail_put_Body $email "Let's meet at 10am to review the agenda."

#  Append (upload) the email to the "Drafts" mailbox.
set success [CkImap_AppendMail $imap "Drafts" $email]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkEmail $email
    exit
}

#  AppendUid holds the UID assigned by the server (0 if the server did not report one).
puts "Appended UID: [CkImap_get_AppendUid $imap]"

set success [CkImap_Disconnect $imap]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    delete_CkEmail $email
    exit
}


delete_CkImap $imap
delete_CkEmail $email