(Lianja) Send Email with Multiple Reply-To Addresses

Send email with multiple repy-to addresses.

Note: Some mail servers will remove the extra email addresses from the Reply-To header. Even if you provide multiple reply-to addresses, the email may arrive with only the 1st.

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// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loMailman = createobject("CkMailMan")

loMailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.my_mail_server.com"
loMailman.SmtpUsername = "myUsername"
loMailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword"
loMailman.SmtpPort = 465
loMailman.SmtpSsl = .T.

// Create a new email object
loEmail = createobject("CkEmail")

loEmail.Subject = "This is a test"
loEmail.Body = "This is a test"
loEmail.From = "Joe <joe@example.com>"
llSuccess = loEmail.AddTo("Mary","mary@example2.com")

// Specify a single reply-to address, which will get replace with a list of addresses..
loEmail.ReplyTo = "placeholder@example.com"

// Get the email as MIME.
loSbMime = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loMailman.RenderToMimeSb(loEmail,loSbMime)

// Update the Reply-To MIME header with a list of email addresses.
lcReplyToAddrs = "joe@example.com, mike@example.com"
loSbMime.ReplaceAllBetween("Reply-To: ",Chr(13) + Chr(10),lcReplyToAddrs,.F.)

// Examine the MIME to be sent:
? loSbMime.GetAsString()

// Here's the MIME:

// MIME-Version: 1.0
// Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:18:12 -0500
// Message-ID: <D892B0E563A7A13B1F499530DE21529714EA479A@SLICE>
// Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
// Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
// X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
// Subject: This is a test
// From: Joe <joe@example.com>
// To: Mary <mary@example2.com>
// Reply-To: joe@example.com, mike@example.com
// 
// This is a test

// ---------
// Send the MIME...
llSuccess = loMailman.SendMime("joe@example.com","mary@example2.com",loSbMime.GetAsString())
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loMailman.LastErrorText
    release loMailman
    release loEmail
    release loSbMime
    return
endif

llSuccess = loMailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? "Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly."
endif

? "Mail Sent!"


release loMailman
release loEmail
release loSbMime