Java 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.

Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Email;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Imap;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.MailMan;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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.
        Imap imap = new Imap();

        // Connect to an IMAP server.
        imap.setSsl(true);
        imap.setPort(993);
        try {
            imap.connect("imap.example.com");

            // Login
            imap.login("myLogin", "myPassword");

            // Select an IMAP mailbox
            imap.selectMailbox("Inbox");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        int numEmails = imap.getNumMessages();

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

        Email email = new Email();
        try {
            imap.fetchEmail(false, numEmails, false, email);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
        imap.disconnect();

        System.out.println(email.getSubject());

        // Create a new email.  The email we just read will be attached to this email.
        Email eForward = new Email();

        eForward.addTo("Joe", "joe@example.com");

        eForward.setFromAddress("matt@somewhere.com");
        eForward.setFromName("Matt");
        eForward.setSubject("This is an email with another email attached.");

        eForward.setHtmlBody("<p>Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you.  See the attached email.</p>");

        // Attach the email.
        eForward.attachEmail(email);

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

        // We could send (forward) the email..
        MailMan mailman = new MailMan();

        mailman.setSmtpHost("smtp.example.com");
        mailman.setSmtpUsername("myLogin");
        mailman.setSmtpPassword("myPassword");
        mailman.setSmtpPort(587);
        mailman.setStartTLS(true);

        try {
            mailman.sendEmail(eForward);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        try {
            mailman.closeSmtpConnection();
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.");
        }

        System.out.println("Mail Sent!");
    }
}