(Lianja) Explaining the Email FromName, FromAddress, and From Properties

This example explains the email object's FromName, FromAddress, and From properties.

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// The email's FROM name and address can be set in several ways.
// It can include an optional friendly name (which is just a description),
// and it must include an address.

// For example:
loEmail1 = createobject("CkEmail")
loEmail1.Subject = "test"
loEmail1.Body = "test"

loEmail1.FromName = "Joe Sample"
loEmail1.FromAddress = "joe.sample@example.com"

// the From property contains both the FromName and FromAddress
// This produces the following output:
// From: "Joe Sample" <joe.sample@example.com>
? "From: " + loEmail1.From
? "--------------------------------------------------"

// Examine the MIME of the email:
? loEmail1.GetMime()
? "--------------------------------------------------"

// Output is:

// 	MIME-Version: 1.0
// 	Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 12:32:13 -0600
// 	Message-ID: <02B461C6D12FA6686C3151A649ED8D5BBFBE0721@CHILKAT13>
// 	Content-Type: text/plain
// 	Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
// 	X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
// 	Subject: test
// 	From: "Joe Sample" <joe.sample@example.com>
// 	CKX-Bounce-Address: joe.sample@example.com
// 
// 	test

// --------------------------------------------
// Alternatively, the From property can be set, and this 
// implicitly sets the FromName and FromAddress properties.

loEmail2 = createobject("CkEmail")
loEmail2.From = "Joe Sample <joe.sample@example.com>"

? "FromName: " + loEmail2.FromName
? "FromAddress: " + loEmail2.FromAddress
? "--------------------------------------------------"

? loEmail2.GetMime()


release loEmail1
release loEmail2