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 <CkImap.h>
#include <CkEmail.h>
#include <CkMailMan.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool 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.
    CkImap imap;

    //  Connect to an IMAP server.
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    int numEmails = imap.get_NumMessages();

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

    CkEmail email;
    success = imap.FetchEmail(false,numEmails,false,email);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

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

    std::cout << email.subject() << "\r\n";

    //  Create a new email.  The email we just read will be attached to this email.
    CkEmail eForward;

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

    eForward.put_FromAddress("matt@somewhere.com");
    eForward.put_FromName("Matt");
    eForward.put_Subject("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..
    CkMailMan mailman;

    mailman.put_SmtpHost("smtp.example.com");
    mailman.put_SmtpUsername("myLogin");
    mailman.put_SmtpPassword("myPassword");
    mailman.put_SmtpPort(587);
    mailman.put_StartTLS(true);

    success = mailman.SendEmail(eForward);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << mailman.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << "Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly." << "\r\n";
    }

    std::cout << "Mail Sent!" << "\r\n";
    }