Node.js

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.

Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var 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.
    var imap = new chilkat.Imap();

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    imap.Ssl = true;
    imap.Port = 993;
    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var numEmails = imap.NumMessages;

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

    var email = new chilkat.Email();
    success = imap.FetchEmail(false,numEmails,false,email);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

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

    console.log(email.Subject);

    // Create a new email.  The email we just read will be attached to this email.
    var eForward = new chilkat.Email();

    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);

    // 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..
    var mailman = new chilkat.MailMan();

    mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.example.com";
    mailman.SmtpUsername = "myLogin";
    mailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword";
    mailman.SmtpPort = 587;
    mailman.StartTLS = true;

    success = mailman.SendEmail(eForward);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.");
    }

    console.log("Mail Sent!");

}

chilkatExample();