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Create a Reply Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.ToReply method, which generates a reply email with updated header and body fields so it can be sent as a reply. Attachments are excluded from the reply, but attached messages are included. The source email is not modified. This example creates a reply and prints its MIME.

Background: Replying is more than swapping sender and recipient: the To is set from the original's reply address, the subject gets an Re: prefix, the original text is quoted, and threading headers (In-Reply-To, References) are added so mail clients group the conversation. ToReply assembles all of that, leaving a message you can edit and send. Dropping attachments is the usual reply convention — you rarely echo the sender's files back to them.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oEmail
LOCAL oReply

nSuccess := 0

//  Demonstrates the ToReply method, which generates a reply email with updated header and
//  body fields ready to send as a reply.  Attachments are excluded from the reply, but
//  attached messages are included.  The source email is not modified.

oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
oEmail:Subject := "Project update"
oEmail:From := "alice@example.com"
oEmail:AddTo("Bob", "bob@example.com")
oEmail:Body := "Here is the project update."

//  Create a reply email based on this message.
oReply := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")

nSuccess := oEmail:ToReply(oReply)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oEmail:LastErrorText
    oEmail:destroy()
    oReply:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  The reply is addressed and quoted, ready to edit and send.
? oReply:GetMime()

oEmail:destroy()
oReply:destroy()