Objective-C

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. Objective-C

#import <CkoImap.h>
#import <CkoEmail.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <CkoMailMan.h>

BOOL success = NO;

// 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.
CkoImap *imap = [[CkoImap alloc] init];

// Connect to an IMAP server.
imap.Ssl = YES;
imap.Port = [NSNumber numberWithInt:993];
success = [imap Connect: @"imap.example.com"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Login
success = [imap Login: @"myLogin" password: @"myPassword"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success = [imap SelectMailbox: @"Inbox"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

int numEmails = [imap.NumMessages intValue];

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

CkoEmail *email = [[CkoEmail alloc] init];
success = [imap FetchEmail: NO msgId: numEmails bUid: NO email: email];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",imap.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
[imap Disconnect];

NSLog(@"%@",email.Subject);

CkoEmail *eForward = [[CkoEmail alloc] init];
success = [email ToForward: eForward];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",email.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// The eForward email has no To or CC recipients yet.
// Add one or more..
[eForward AddTo: @"Joe" emailAddress: @"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:
CkoStringBuilder *sbHtmlBody = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
if ([eForward HasHtmlBody] == YES) {
    [sbHtmlBody Append: [eForward GetHtmlBody]];
    [sbHtmlBody Prepend: @"<p>Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you...</p>"];
    [eForward SetHtmlBody: [sbHtmlBody GetAsString]];
}

CkoStringBuilder *sbPtBody = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
if ([eForward HasPlainTextBody] == YES) {
    [sbPtBody Append: [eForward GetPlainTextBody]];
    [sbPtBody Prepend: @"Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you...\r\n\r\n"];
    [eForward SetTextBody: [sbPtBody GetAsString] contentType: @"text/plain"];
}

// 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..
CkoMailMan *mailman = [[CkoMailMan alloc] init];

mailman.SmtpHost = @"smtp.example.com";
mailman.SmtpUsername = @"myLogin";
mailman.SmtpPassword = @"myPassword";
mailman.SmtpPort = [NSNumber numberWithInt:587];
mailman.StartTLS = YES;

success = [mailman SendEmail: eForward];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

success = [mailman CloseSmtpConnection];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.");
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"Mail Sent!");