Lua

Explaining the Email FromName, FromAddress, and From Properties

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This example explains the email object's FromName, FromAddress, and From properties. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- The email's FROM name and address can be set in several ways.
-- It can include an optional friendly name (which is just a description),
-- and it must include an address.

-- For example:
local email1 = chilkat.Email.new()
email1.subject = "test"
email1.body = "test"

email1.from_name = "Joe Sample"
email1.from_address = "joe.sample@example.com"

-- the From property contains both the FromName and FromAddress
-- This produces the following output:
-- From: "Joe Sample" <joe.sample@example.com>
print("From: " .. email1.from)
print("--------------------------------------------------")

-- Examine the MIME of the email:
print(email1:get_mime())
print("--------------------------------------------------")

-- Output is:

--     MIME-Version: 1.0
--     Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 12:32:13 -0600
--     Message-ID: <02B461C6D12FA6686C3151A649ED8D5BBFBE0721@CHILKAT13>
--     Content-Type: text/plain
--     Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
--     X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
--     Subject: test
--     From: "Joe Sample" <joe.sample@example.com>
--
--     test

-- --------------------------------------------
-- Alternatively, the From property can be set, and this
-- implicitly sets the FromName and FromAddress properties.

local email2 = chilkat.Email.new()
email2.from = "Joe Sample <joe.sample@example.com>"

print("FromName: " .. email2.from_name)
print("FromAddress: " .. email2.from_address)
print("--------------------------------------------------")

print(email2:get_mime())