Visual Basic 6.0

Send Email and Save Copy to "Sent" Mailbox

Sends an email and places a copy in the "Sent" mailbox on an IMAP server.

This example demonstrates how to send an email and then upload a copy to an IMAP mail server's "Sent" mailbox. Note: You may need to create a "Sent" mailbox on your IMAP server prior to running this example. You may already have a mailbox named something different -- perhaps "Sent Items".

Important: If your mail server is POP3, the "Sent Items" mailbox is actually a file on your local computer managed by your email client, such as Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird. This example does not save emails to Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird "Sent Items" local files.

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

success = 0

' The mailman object is used for sending (SMTP) and receiving (POP3) email.
Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan

' Set the SMTP server.
mailman.SmtpHost = "mail.mydomain.com"
mailman.SmtpUsername = "myLogin"
mailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword"

' Create a new email object
Dim email As New ChilkatEmail

email.Subject = "This is a test"
email.Body = "This is a test"
email.From = "Myself <myself@mydomain.com>"
success = email.AddTo("Somebody","somebody@somedomain.com")

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print mailman.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Mail Sent!"

' Now use Chilkat IMAP to save the email to Inbox.Sent

Dim imap As New ChilkatImap

' Connect to an IMAP server.
' Use TLS
imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("mail.mydomain.com")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' The AppendMail method uploads an email to an IMAP server
' and saves it in the mailbox specified:
success = imap.AppendMail("Inbox.Sent",email)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Mail saved to Inbox.Sent"