(Swift) Bounced Email Handling

Demonstrates how to examine emails and detect which are bounced (automated) replies. Classifies each email according to the type of bounce.

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

    let bounce = CkoBounce()!

    // The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3) 
    // and sending (SMTP) email.
    let mailman = CkoMailMan()!

    // Set the POP3 server's hostname
    mailman.mailHost = "mail.chilkatsoft.com"

    // Set the POP3 login/password.
    mailman.popUsername = "myLogin"
    mailman.popPassword = "myPassword"

    // Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox 
    // into a bundle object.  The email remains on the server.
    // (There are other methods for deleting email from a POP3 server.)
    var bundle: CkoEmailBundle? = mailman.copyMail()
    if mailman.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("\(mailman.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    var i: Int = 0
    var email: CkoEmail?
    while i < bundle!.messageCount.intValue {
        email = bundle!.getEmail(i)

        var success: Bool = bounce.examine(email)
        if success == false {
            print("\(bounce.lastErrorText!)")
            bundle = nil
            return
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 1 {
            // Hard bounce, log the email address
            print("Hard Bounce: \(bounce.bounceAddress!)")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 2 {
            // Soft bounce, log the email address
            print("Soft Bounce: \(bounce.bounceAddress!)")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 3 {
            // General bounce, no email address available.
            print("General Bounce: No email address")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 4 {
            // General bounce, log the email address
            print("General Bounce: \(bounce.bounceAddress!)")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 5 {
            // Mail blocked, log the email address
            // A bounce occured because the sender was blocked. 
            print("Mail Blocked: \(bounce.bounceAddress!)")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 6 {
            // Auto-reply, log the email address
            print("Auto-Reply: \(bounce.bounceAddress!)")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 7 {
            // Transient (recoverable) Failure, log the email address
            print("Transient Failure: \(bounce.bounceAddress!)")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 8 {
            // Subscribe request, log the email address
            print("Subscribe Request: \(bounce.bounceAddress!)")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 9 {
            // Unsubscribe Request, log the email address
            print("Unsubscribe Request: \(bounce.bounceAddress!)")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 10 {
            // Virus Notification, log the email address
            print("Virus Notification: \(bounce.bounceAddress!)")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 11 {
            // Suspected bounce.
            // This should be rare.  It indicates that the Bounce
            // component found strong evidence that this is a bounced
            // email, but couldn't quite recognize everything it
            // needed to be 100% sure.  Feel free to notify
            // support@chilkatsoft.com regarding emails having this
            // bounce type.
            print("Suspected Bounce!")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 12 {
            // Challenge/Response - Auto-reply message sent by SPAM software 
            // where only verified email addresses are accepted. 
            print("Challenge: \(bounce.bounceAddress!)")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 13 {
            // Address Change Notification Message.
            print("Address Change: \(bounce.bounceAddress!)")
        }

        if bounce.bounceType.intValue == 14 {
            // Success DSN indicating that the message was successfully relayed.
            print("DSN Successful Relay: ")
        }

        email = nil

        i = i + 1
    }

    bundle = nil

    success = mailman.pop3EndSession()

}