C

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.

C

#include <C_CkImap.h>
#include <C_CkEmail.h>
#include <C_CkMailMan.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkImap imap;
    int numEmails;
    HCkEmail email;
    HCkEmail eForward;
    HCkMailMan mailman;

    success = 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.
    imap = CkImap_Create();

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    CkImap_putSsl(imap,TRUE);
    CkImap_putPort(imap,993);
    success = CkImap_Connect(imap,"imap.example.com");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = CkImap_Login(imap,"myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,"Inbox");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        return;
    }

    numEmails = CkImap_getNumMessages(imap);

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

    email = CkEmail_Create();
    success = CkImap_FetchEmail(imap,FALSE,numEmails,FALSE,email);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkImap_lastErrorText(imap));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

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

    printf("%s\n",CkEmail_subject(email));

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

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

    CkEmail_putFromAddress(eForward,"matt@somewhere.com");
    CkEmail_putFromName(eForward,"Matt");
    CkEmail_putSubject(eForward,"This is an email with another email attached.");

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

    // Attach the email.
    CkEmail_AttachEmail(eForward,email);

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

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

    CkMailMan_putSmtpHost(mailman,"smtp.example.com");
    CkMailMan_putSmtpUsername(mailman,"myLogin");
    CkMailMan_putSmtpPassword(mailman,"myPassword");
    CkMailMan_putSmtpPort(mailman,587);
    CkMailMan_putStartTLS(mailman,TRUE);

    success = CkMailMan_SendEmail(mailman,eForward);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
        CkImap_Dispose(imap);
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        CkEmail_Dispose(eForward);
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        return;
    }

    success = CkMailMan_CloseSmtpConnection(mailman);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.\n");
    }

    printf("Mail Sent!\n");


    CkImap_Dispose(imap);
    CkEmail_Dispose(email);
    CkEmail_Dispose(eForward);
    CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);

    }