(VB.NET) 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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' 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.
Dim imap As New Chilkat.Imap

' Connect to an IMAP server.
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
Dim success As Boolean = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim numEmails As Integer = imap.NumMessages

' Fetch the email at the last sequence number.
' (We are assuming the Inbox has at least 1 email)
Dim email As Chilkat.Email = imap.FetchSingle(numEmails,False)
If (imap.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(imap.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Disconnect from the IMAP server.
imap.Disconnect()

Debug.WriteLine(email.Subject)

Dim eForward As Chilkat.Email = 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:
Dim sbHtmlBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
If (eForward.HasHtmlBody() = True) Then
    sbHtmlBody.Append(eForward.GetHtmlBody())
    sbHtmlBody.Prepend("<p>Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you...</p>")
    eForward.SetHtmlBody(sbHtmlBody.GetAsString())
End If

Dim sbPtBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
If (eForward.HasPlainTextBody() = True) Then
    sbPtBody.Append(eForward.GetPlainTextBody())
    sbPtBody.Prepend("Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you..." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf)
    eForward.SetTextBody(sbPtBody.GetAsString(),"text/plain")
End If


' 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..
Dim mailman As New 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 <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Mail Sent!")