(Xojo Plugin) 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
success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim numEmails As Int32
numEmails = 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
email = imap.FetchSingle(numEmails,False)
If (imap.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect()

System.DebugLog(email.Subject)

Dim eForward As Chilkat.Email
eForward = email.CreateForward()

// The eForward email has no To or CC recipients yet.
// Add one or more..
success = 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
    success = sbHtmlBody.Append(eForward.GetHtmlBody())
    success = 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
    success = sbPtBody.Append(eForward.GetPlainTextBody())
    success = sbPtBody.Prepend("Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you..." + EndOfLine.Windows + EndOfLine.Windows)
    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..
success = 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
    System.DebugLog(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

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

System.DebugLog("Mail Sent!")