Delphi DLL

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 DLL

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

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
imap: HCkImap;
numEmails: Integer;
email: HCkEmail;
eForward: HCkEmail;
mailman: HCkMailMan;

begin
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) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

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

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success := CkImap_SelectMailbox(imap,'Inbox');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

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) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkImap__lastErrorText(imap));
    Exit;
  end;

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

Memo1.Lines.Add(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) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;

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

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

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

end;