B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = 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.
Dim imap As ChilkatImap
imap.Initialize("imap")

'  Connect to an IMAP server.
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin", "myPassword")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim numEmails As Int = imap.NumMessages

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

Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize
success = imap.FetchEmail(False, numEmails, False, email)
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
imap.Disconnect

Log(email.Subject)

Dim eForward As ChilkatEmail
eForward.Initialize
success = email.ToForward(eForward)
If success = False Then
    Log(email.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  The eForward email has no To or CC recipients yet.
'  Add one or more..
eForward.AddTo("Joe", "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:
Dim sbHtmlBody As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbHtmlBody.Initialize
If eForward.HasHtmlBody = True Then
    sbHtmlBody.Append(eForward.GetHtmlBody)
    sbHtmlBody.Prepend("<p>Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you...</p>")
    eForward.SetHtmlBody(sbHtmlBody.GetAsString)
End If

Dim sbPtBody As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbPtBody.Initialize
If eForward.HasPlainTextBody = True Then
    sbPtBody.Append(eForward.GetPlainTextBody)
    sbPtBody.Prepend("Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you..." & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & Chr(13) & Chr(10))
    eForward.SetTextBody(sbPtBody.GetAsString, "text/plain")
End If


'  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..
Dim mailman As ChilkatMailMan
mailman.Initialize("mailman")

mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.example.com"
mailman.SmtpUsername = "myLogin"
mailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword"
mailman.SmtpPort = 587
mailman.StartTLS = True

success = mailman.SendEmail(eForward)
If success = False Then
    Log(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection
If success <> True Then
    Log("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")
End If


Log("Mail Sent!")