Delphi ActiveX

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.

Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
imap: TChilkatImap;
numEmails: Integer;
email: TChilkatEmail;
eForward: TChilkatEmail;
mailman: TChilkatMailMan;

begin
success := 0;

// 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 := TChilkatImap.Create(Self);

// Connect to an IMAP server.
imap.Ssl := 1;
imap.Port := 993;
success := imap.Connect('imap.example.com');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Login
success := imap.Login('myLogin','myPassword');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success := imap.SelectMailbox('Inbox');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

numEmails := imap.NumMessages;

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

email := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);
success := imap.FetchEmail(0,numEmails,0,email.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

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

Memo1.Lines.Add(email.Subject);

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

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

eForward.FromAddress := 'matt@somewhere.com';
eForward.FromName := 'Matt';
eForward.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.ControlInterface);

// 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..
mailman := TChilkatMailMan.Create(Self);

mailman.SmtpHost := 'smtp.example.com';
mailman.SmtpUsername := 'myLogin';
mailman.SmtpPassword := 'myPassword';
mailman.SmtpPort := 587;
mailman.StartTLS := 1;

success := mailman.SendEmail(eForward.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(mailman.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

success := mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.');
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Mail Sent!');
end;