Swift

Forward an Email using CreateForward

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Reads an email from an IMAP server, creates a forward version of the email using the CreateForward method, and sends the email to another recipient. Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    // 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.
    let imap = CkoImap()!

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    imap.ssl = true
    imap.port = 993
    success = imap.connect(hostname: "imap.example.com")
    if success == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.login(login: "myLogin", password: "myPassword")
    if success == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.selectMailbox(mailbox: "Inbox")
    if success == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    var numEmails: Int = imap.numMessages.intValue

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

    let email = CkoEmail()!
    success = imap.fetchEmail(headerOnly: false, msgId: numEmails, bUid: false, email: email)
    if success == false {
        print("\(imap.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

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

    print("\(email.subject!)")

    let eForward = CkoEmail()!
    success = email.toForward(forward: eForward)
    if success == false {
        print("\(email.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // The eForward email has no To or CC recipients yet.
    // Add one or more..
    eForward.add(to: "Joe", emailAddress: "joe@example.com")

    // We also need to specify the From name/address.
    eForward.fromAddress = "matt@someMailServer.com"
    eForward.fromName = "Matt"

    // If we wish to add text at the start of the email body:
    let sbHtmlBody = CkoStringBuilder()!
    if eForward.hasHtmlBody() == true {
        sbHtmlBody.append(value: eForward.getHtmlBody())
        sbHtmlBody.prepend(value: "<p>Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you...</p>")
        eForward.setHtmlBody(html: sbHtmlBody.getAsString())
    }

    let sbPtBody = CkoStringBuilder()!
    if eForward.hasPlainTextBody() == true {
        sbPtBody.append(value: eForward.getPlainTextBody())
        sbPtBody.prepend(value: "Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you...\r\n\r\n")
        eForward.setTextBody(bodyText: sbPtBody.getAsString(), contentType: "text/plain")
    }

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

    // We could send (forward) the email..
    let mailman = CkoMailMan()!

    mailman.smtpHost = "smtp.example.com"
    mailman.smtpUsername = "myLogin"
    mailman.smtpPassword = "myPassword"
    mailman.smtpPort = 587
    mailman.startTLS = true

    success = mailman.sendEmail(email: eForward)
    if success == false {
        print("\(mailman.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    success = mailman.closeSmtpConnection()
    if success != true {
        print("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")
    }

    print("Mail Sent!")

}