Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Forward by Attaching the Existing Email to a New Email

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Demonstrates how to forward an email by attaching the email to a new email.

This example reads an email from an IMAP server, attaches the email to a new email, and sends the new email.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oImap
LOCAL nNumEmails
LOCAL oEmail
LOCAL oEForward
LOCAL oMailman

nSuccess := 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.
oImap := CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

//  Connect to an IMAP server.
oImap:Ssl := 1
oImap:Port := 993
nSuccess := oImap:Connect("imap.example.com")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Login
nSuccess := oImap:Login("myLogin", "myPassword")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Select an IMAP mailbox
nSuccess := oImap:SelectMailbox("Inbox")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nNumEmails := oImap:NumMessages

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

oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
nSuccess := oImap:FetchEmail(0, nNumEmails, 0, oEmail)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oImap:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
oImap:Disconnect()

? oEmail:Subject

//  Create a new email.  The email we just read will be attached to this email.
oEForward := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")

oEForward:AddTo("Joe", "joe@example.com")

oEForward:FromAddress := "matt@somewhere.com"
oEForward:FromName := "Matt"
oEForward:Subject := "This is an email with another email attached."

oEForward:SetHtmlBody("<p>Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you.  See the attached email.</p>")

//  Attach the email.
oEForward:AttachEmail(oEmail)

//  We could save the .eml, then double-click on it to view in our mail program, such as Outlook or Thunderbird..
oEForward:SaveEml("qa_output/forward.eml")

//  We could send (forward) the email..
oMailman := CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

oMailman:SmtpHost := "smtp.example.com"
oMailman:SmtpUsername := "myLogin"
oMailman:SmtpPassword := "myPassword"
oMailman:SmtpPort := 587
oMailman:StartTLS := 1

nSuccess := oMailman:SendEmail(oEForward)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oMailman:LastErrorText
    oImap:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    oEForward:destroy()
    oMailman:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oMailman:CloseSmtpConnection()
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? "Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly."
ENDIF

? "Mail Sent!"

oImap:destroy()
oEmail:destroy()
oEForward:destroy()
oMailman:destroy()