Save emails in a specific mailbox

When you send emails from 4D, your customers might expect to get a copy in the “Sent” mailbox displayed by Outlook or Apple Mail. For this, 4D v18 R6 has a new command for you. Say hello to the new IMAP transporter append() function.

HDI IMAP Append

To save an email after sending it, you first need to create two transporters:

• one SMTP transporter to send your email to your client,
• and a second IMAP transporter to upload your email onto your server mail.

After sending your email with SMTP, use the IMAP transporter append() function:

// SMTP transporter creation
$SMTPTransporter:=SMTP New transporter($SMTPserver)
 
// Send email to the client
$status:=$SMTPTransporter.send($email)
  
// If sending is successful, upload email onto your mail server
If ($status.success)
  // IMAP transporter creation
  $IMAPTransporter:=IMAP New transporter($IMAPserver)
  // Upload email to the "Sent" mailbox
  $status:=$IMAPTransporter.append($email; "Sent")
End if

And that’s it!

Of course, you can use the append() function for other tasks like creating draft emails:

// IMAP transporter creation
$IMAPTransporter:=IMAP New transporter($IMAPserver)
 
// Upload email to the "Drafts" mailbox
$status:=$IMAPTransporter.append($email; "Drafts")

Check out the documentation and the HDI above to learn more about the new features!