Delphi ActiveX 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. Delphi ActiveX

var
success: Integer;
imap: TChilkatImap;
numEmails: Integer;
email: TChilkatEmail;
eForward: TChilkatEmail;
sbHtmlBody: TChilkatStringBuilder;
sbPtBody: TChilkatStringBuilder;
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);

eForward := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);
success := email.ToForward(eForward.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(email.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  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:
sbHtmlBody := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
if (eForward.HasHtmlBody() = 1) then
  begin
    sbHtmlBody.Append(eForward.GetHtmlBody());
    sbHtmlBody.Prepend('<p>Hello, this is an email I''m forwarding to you...</p>');
    eForward.SetHtmlBody(sbHtmlBody.GetAsString());
  end;
sbPtBody := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
if (eForward.HasPlainTextBody() = 1) then
  begin
    sbPtBody.Append(eForward.GetPlainTextBody());
    sbPtBody.Prepend('Hello, this is an email I''m forwarding to you...' + #13#10 + #13#10);
    eForward.SetTextBody(sbPtBody.GetAsString(),'text/plain');
  end;

//  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!');