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Send Email with Multiple Reply-To Addresses

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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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Unicode C++
#include <CkMailManW.h>
#include <CkEmailW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkMailManW mailman;

    mailman.put_SmtpHost(L"smtp.my_mail_server.com");
    mailman.put_SmtpUsername(L"myUsername");
    mailman.put_SmtpPassword(L"myPassword");
    mailman.put_SmtpPort(465);
    mailman.put_SmtpSsl(true);

    // Create a new email object
    CkEmailW email;

    email.put_Subject(L"This is a test");
    email.put_Body(L"This is a test");
    email.put_From(L"Joe <joe@example.com>");
    success = email.AddTo(L"Mary",L"mary@example2.com");

    // Specify a single reply-to address, which will get replace with a list of addresses..
    email.put_ReplyTo(L"placeholder@example.com");

    // Get the email as MIME.
    CkStringBuilderW sbMime;
    mailman.RenderToMimeSb(email,sbMime);

    // Update the Reply-To MIME header with a list of email addresses.
    const wchar_t *replyToAddrs = L"joe@example.com, mike@example.com";
    sbMime.ReplaceAllBetween(L"Reply-To: ",L"\r\n",replyToAddrs,false);

    // Examine the MIME to be sent:
    wprintf(L"%s\n",sbMime.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...
    success = mailman.SendMime(L"joe@example.com",L"mary@example2.com",sbMime.getAsString());
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.\n");
    }

    wprintf(L"Mail Sent!\n");
    }