(PowerShell) Forward an Email using CreateForward

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.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# 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 = New-Object Chilkat.Imap

# Connect to an IMAP server.
$imap.Ssl = $true
$imap.Port = 993
$success = $imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Login
$success = $imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$numEmails = $imap.NumMessages

# Fetch the email at the last sequence number.
# (We are assuming the Inbox has at least 1 email)
$email = $imap.FetchSingle($numEmails,$false)
if ($imap.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$imap.Disconnect()

$($email.Subject)

$eForward = $email.CreateForward()

# The eForward email has no To or CC recipients yet.
# Add one or more..
$eForward.AddTo("Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.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:
$sbHtmlBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
if ($eForward.HasHtmlBody() -eq $true) {
    $sbHtmlBody.Append($eForward.GetHtmlBody())
    $sbHtmlBody.Prepend("<p>Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you...</p>")
    $eForward.SetHtmlBody($sbHtmlBody.GetAsString())
}

$sbPtBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
if ($eForward.HasPlainTextBody() -eq $true) {
    $sbPtBody.Append($eForward.GetPlainTextBody())
    $sbPtBody.Prepend("Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you...`r`n`r`n")
    $eForward.SetTextBody($sbPtBody.GetAsString(),"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..
$mailman = New-Object Chilkat.MailMan

$mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.someMailServer.com"
$mailman.SmtpUsername = "myLogin"
$mailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword"
$mailman.SmtpPort = 587
$mailman.StartTLS = $true

$success = $mailman.SendEmail($eForward)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")
}

$("Mail Sent!")