Import mail to current inbox

Hello,
I have converted my MS outlook PST files to MBOX using mail monkey from app store. I have successfully setup my mails to Mail 6.6 on my macbook air. However when I import my mails, it creates a import folder in the navigation pane and places all my folders to this directory.
What I would like to do is, import my old mails to my current inbox ( or merge them somehow ).
Any feedback ?

You can't. Move them after import.

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Ok this is filed under Thunderbird, so I will assume your references to Firefox are in error.
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Hello,
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partition & use Disk Utility from there to Repair the Disk.

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Problems importing Mails from OSX 10.3.9

Hi there,
today I updated to Mac OSX 10.4 from 10.3
When starting Mail under 10.4 for the first time it imported the mails from the previous Mail-Version (10.3).
Unfortunately nearly all the mails that where in the Inbox of the old Mail Version are gone and the few Mails which were imported can not be displayed. And I only a text is displayed that says that I should connect this account to the internet. But this account is already connected!
Is the inbox from the older Version of Mail somwhere stored on the harddisk, so that I can try to import the inbox again? Or is the inbox overwritten with that of the new Version of Mail?
Any hints?
Best regards,
Frank
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Hi Frank.
The conversion from Mail 1.x to Mail 2.x is broken. Take a look at the following thread to better understand the problem:
Help! "You need to take this account online in order to download it."
More specifically, if this is a POP account, the following procedure should allow you to fix the Inbox problem. A similar procedure should allow you to fix other mailboxes that might also be affected:
1. Quit Mail if it’s running.
2. Make a backup copy of the ~/Library/Mail folder, just in case something goes wrong while trying to fix the problem. You can do this in the Finder by dragging the folder to the Desktop while holding the Option (Alt) key down, for example. This is where all your mail is stored.
3. Create a new folder on the Desktop and name it however you wish (e.g. Inbox Old). It doesn’t need to have an .mbox extension.
4. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/INBOX.mbox/.
5. Move the files mbox and Incoming_Mail out of INBOX.mbox, into the Inbox Old folder just created on the Desktop. These files contain all the messages that were in the mailbox before the upgrade to Tiger, and maybe even some messages that had been deleted. mbox is the most important. Incoming_Mail may or may not be present.
6. Move any strangely-named Messages-T0x... folders to the Desktop (not into the Inbox Old folder). These folders are to be deleted after fixing the problem. They are temporary folders created during an import or an indexing process, and Mail should have deleted them when done. Their presence is a clear indication that something didn’t work as expected. If you’ve been using Mail after the conversion and have already tried to fix the problem by rebuilding the mailbox or something like that, they might contain messages that are neither in Messages proper nor in the mbox file, so keep them around until the problem is fixed.
7. Move everything else within INBOX.mbox, except the Messages folder, to the Trash.
The result of the above should be that INBOX.mbox contains the proper Messages folder only, and the Inbox Old folder on the Desktop contains the mbox and Incoming_Mail (if it exists) files only. Now, proceed as follows:
8. Open Mail.
9. The account’s Inbox should properly display in Mail as many messages as *.emlx files are in ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/INBOX.mbox/Messages/. If that’s not the case, select the mailbox in Mail and do Mailbox > Rebuild.
10. In Mail, do File > Import Mailboxes, choose Other as the data format, and follow the instructions to import the Inbox Old folder that’s on the Desktop.
As a result of doing the above, some messages may be duplicated now. Andreas Amann’s Mail Scripts has a Remove Duplicates script that you may find useful.
Do with the imported mail whatever you wish. You may move the messages anywhere you want and get rid of the imported mailboxes afterwards.
If all is well and you don’t miss anything, the files on the Desktop can be deleted, although you may want to keep them for a while, just in case.
Take a look at the following article (also referenced in the thread I mentioned at the beginning of this post) to learn what you might have done before upgrading to minimize the risk of this happening, and what you may do after fixing the problem to avoid similar issues from happening in the future. DON’T do now what the article suggests, though, as that would make things worse in the current situation:
Overstuffed mailbox is unexpectedly empty
Ask for any clarifications or if you need further assistance.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder.

Another import Mail problem (Panther to Tiger)

OK, I have 15 email accounts in my Mail, that worked fine, albeit slowly, in Panther (10.3.9).
I just imported everything to a new macbook (10.4.8), and now some of the email accounts are not functioning properly. I get the misleading error message: The message from XXX <[email protected]> concerning “RE: YYY” has not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account online in order to download it."
I have not taken the new macbook's mail account online.
I have read through dozens of posts here over the past few days, and am disappointed Apple hasn't fixed the import problem from over a year ago.
Anyway, I got both the "old" Panther Mail working, and new Macbook Tiger Mail not working, so willing to "experiement" if anyone wants me to. I have seen various theories on what works and what doesn't. Some of my mailboxes are large, so I suspect that's part of the problem. In addition they were previously imported from Jaguar, and probably from original OSX 10.1, so probably contain some of the vestigial files. I suspect I need to do the fixes/cleanup in 10.3.9, then re-import them...
I also don't rebuild mailboxes because once I did it I lost all my mail (or appeared to), but I was able to recover from backup. I suspect the mbox file was probably still there, so mail was recoverable, but that experience was not one that instilled confidence in me. I'm willing do rebuild this time...
Some info on the 15 accounts I tried to transfer:
1. dan@dc OK, 5271 messages, 152 MB
2. info@pics OK, 54 messages, 315 kB
3. trav IMAP, empty, (probably due to not going online after xfer)
4. web@al OK 3 messages, 2.9 kB
5. web@kais OK, 147 messages, 802 kB
6. class * BAD * 238 messages, 854 kB (160 msg xferred)
7. web@khs OK, 1248 messages, 27.8 MB
8. dan@aa * BAD * 10419 messages, 607 MB (638 msg xferred,)
9. cabin OK, 10245 messages, 39.6 MB
10. news OK, 2712 messages, 4.2 MB
11. web@aa OK, 97 messages, 1011 kB
12. dan1 OK, 2945 messages, 11.7 MB
13. info@dc * BAD * 2023 messages, 50.6 MB (22 msg xferred)
14. dc@dc OK, 895 messages, 14.4 MB
15. info@aa OK, 2484 messages, 39.7 MB
The accounts I use most often are 1, 8, 13, 14, 15.
Frankly, I'm surprised account 6 went bad, due to small size, and last saved received email over a year old. No recent mail received.
All SENT Mailboxes appear to be fine.
I have several archive mailboxes, and they all seem fine, too.
I will do (in Tiger) the standard POP procedure posted multiple times by David Gimeno, unless someone thinks I should be doing the cleanup in Panther first...then re-import, or wants me to be a Guinea Pig and run some "tests"
Another minor thing: Mail in Panther shows how large the file is and the number of messages (below toolbar), while Tiger only shows number of messages (and unread). Any easy way to enable showing how large the mailbox is? I think it should be displayed, especially if Mail chokes on large files.
Also, is there a better, easier to use, less clunky Mail alternative that can handle multiple accounts? Entourage? Eudora? T-bird?
Aloha,
Dan

The real issue here is that the conversion from Mail 1.x to Mail 2.x is broken and it may fail miserably even for mailboxes that Mail 1.x could handle without a hitch. Hence, trying to “fix” any problems you might have in Mail 1.x by upgrading to Mac OS X 10.4 is guaranteed to fail and can only make things worse.
At this point, whether you go back to Mac OS X 10.3 and tidy up your mailboxes there (if that’s still an option), or want to try to fix the problem in place using the procedure I’ll post below again for reference, is up to you. Do what you find easier or more convenient. Whatever you do, be sure you keep a backup of the original ~/Library/Mail folder, so that you can try something else if things don’t work as expected.
And yes, in their infinite wisdom, the powers that be at Apple also decided to remove the status bar from Mail 2.x, and there is currently no way to know the size of a locally stored mailbox in Mail 2.x other than by switching to the Finder and checking the size of the Messages folder within the corresponding *.mbox folder in ~/Library/Mail/.
Before proceeding any further, however, you should verify/repair the disk (not just permissions), as described in the following article, in case there is something amiss in the filesystem that also has a bearing on the problems you’ve experienced:
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For a POP account, the following procedure should allow you to fix the Inbox problem. A similar procedure should allow you to fix other mailboxes that might also be affected:
1. Quit Mail if it’s running.
2. Make a backup copy of the ~/Library/Mail folder, just in case something goes wrong while trying to fix the problem. You can do this in the Finder by dragging the folder to the Desktop while holding the Option (Alt) key down, for example. This is where all your mail is stored.
3. Create a new folder on the Desktop and name it however you wish (e.g. Inbox Old). It doesn’t need to have an .mbox extension.
4. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/INBOX.mbox/.
5. Move the files mbox and Incoming_Mail out of INBOX.mbox, into the Inbox Old folder just created on the Desktop. These files contain all the messages that were in the mailbox before the upgrade to Tiger, and maybe even some messages that had been deleted. mbox is the most important. Incoming_Mail may or may not be present.
6. Move any strangely-named Messages-T0x... folders to the Desktop (not into the Inbox Old folder). These folders are to be deleted after fixing the problem. They are temporary folders created during an import or an indexing process, and Mail should have deleted them when done. Their presence is a clear indication that something didn’t work as expected. If you’ve been using Mail after the conversion and have already tried to fix the problem by rebuilding the mailbox or something like that, they might contain messages that are neither in Messages proper nor in the mbox file, so keep them around until the problem is fixed.
7. Move everything else within INBOX.mbox, except the Messages folder, to the Trash.
The result of the above should be that INBOX.mbox contains the proper Messages folder only, and the Inbox Old folder on the Desktop contains the mbox and Incoming_Mail (if it exists) files only. Now, proceed as follows:
8. Open Mail.
9. The account’s Inbox should properly display in Mail as many messages as *.emlx files are in ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/INBOX.mbox/Messages/. If that’s not the case, select the mailbox in Mail and do Mailbox > Rebuild.
10. In Mail, do File > Import Mailboxes, choose Other as the data format, and follow the instructions to import the Inbox Old folder that’s on the Desktop.
As a result of doing the above, some messages may be duplicated now. Andreas Amann’s Mail Scripts has a Remove Duplicates script that you may find useful.
Do with the imported mail whatever you wish. You may move the messages anywhere you want and get rid of the imported mailboxes afterwards.
If all is well and you don’t miss anything, the files on the Desktop can be deleted, although you may want to keep them for a while, just in case.
Take a look at the following article to learn what you might have done before upgrading to minimize the risk of this happening, and what you may do after fixing the problem to avoid similar issues from happening in the future. DON’T do now what the article suggests, though, as that would make things worse in the current situation:
Overstuffed mailbox is unexpectedly empty
Ask for any clarifications or if you need further assistance.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder. That is, ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder, i.e. /Users/username/Library.

Importing Mail from Server

Hi there,
I just updated to tiger and to mail 2.1. Now I get the following message when opening email that came in Before the upgrades:
The message from ---email address here--- concerning “message title here” has not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account online in order to download it.
The strange this that the older version of mail I was using was set to download messages from the server.
How do I get a hold of my old email?
Thanks in advance!

Hi sherships.
Not sure what you mean. You “updated to tiger” from what? Did you upgrade from Mac OS X 10.3 or earlier maybe?
Software update, upgrade--what's the difference?
The conversion from Mail 1.x to Mail 2.x is broken. Take a look at the following thread to better understand the problem:
Help! "You need to take this account online in order to download it."
More specifically, if this is a POP account, the following procedure should allow you to fix the Inbox problem. A similar procedure should allow you to fix other mailboxes that might also be affected:
1. Quit Mail if it’s running.
2. Make a backup copy of the ~/Library/Mail folder, just in case something goes wrong while trying to fix the problem. You can do this in the Finder by dragging the folder to the Desktop while holding the Option (Alt) key down, for example. This is where all your mail is stored.
3. Create a new folder on the Desktop and name it however you wish (e.g. Inbox Old). It doesn’t need to have an .mbox extension.
4. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/INBOX.mbox/.
5. Move the files mbox and Incoming_Mail out of INBOX.mbox, into the Inbox Old folder just created on the Desktop. These files contain all the messages that were in the mailbox before the upgrade to Tiger, and maybe even some messages that had been deleted. mbox is the most important. Incoming_Mail may or may not be present.
6. Move any strangely-named Messages-T0x... folders to the Desktop (not into the Inbox Old folder). These folders are to be deleted after fixing the problem. They are temporary folders created during an import or an indexing process, and Mail should have deleted them when done. Their presence is a clear indication that something didn’t work as expected. If you’ve been using Mail after the conversion and have already tried to fix the problem by rebuilding the mailbox or something like that, they might contain messages that are neither in Messages proper nor in the mbox file, so keep them around until the problem is fixed.
7. Move everything else within INBOX.mbox, except the Messages folder, to the Trash.
The result of the above should be that INBOX.mbox contains the proper Messages folder only, and the Inbox Old folder on the Desktop contains the mbox and Incoming_Mail (if it exists) files only. Now, proceed as follows:
8. Open Mail.
9. The account’s Inbox should properly display in Mail as many messages as *.emlx files are in ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/INBOX.mbox/Messages/. If that’s not the case, select the mailbox in Mail and do Mailbox > Rebuild.
10. In Mail, do File > Import Mailboxes, choose Other as the data format, and follow the instructions to import the Inbox Old folder that’s on the Desktop.
As a result of doing the above, some messages may be duplicated now. Andreas Amann’s Mail Scripts has a Remove Duplicates script that you may find useful.
Do with the imported mail whatever you wish. You may move the messages anywhere you want and get rid of the imported mailboxes afterwards.
If all is well and you don’t miss anything, the files on the Desktop can be deleted, although you may want to keep them for a while, just in case.
Take a look at the following article (also referenced in the thread I mentioned at the beginning) to learn what you might have done before upgrading to minimize the risk of this happening, and what you may do after fixing the problem to avoid similar issues from happening in the future. DON’T do now what the article suggests, though, as that would make things worse in the current situation:
Overstuffed mailbox is unexpectedly empty
Ask for any clarifications or if you need further assistance.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder.

Syncronization: How can i store mail for different accounts remotely, and copy most important mails manually to local folders on two devices?

Hello. I have two devices and two accounts, so what i want is this:
I only want to store mail from both accounts in a remote place and copy most important mails to local folders.
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inside, and also be able to move mail from the inbox to these folders.
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The whole idea of Local Folders in Thunderbird is to detach messages from servers, so they don't track what happens on servers. I say this to point out the distinction between files stored locally and permanently ("Local Folders"), versus cached copies of online files ("synchronized"). It's not safe to regard your synchronized folders as permanent.
So, synchronized folders on an IMAP server are "mirrored" in Thunderbird so you do have a local (albeit temporary and transient) copy of messages; this is done mainly to avoid repeatedly downloading messages if you re-read them, and it makes searching faster an more efficient. But these "synchronized" message track what's being done on the server, and so if they are deleted anywhere, all synchronized devices will at some point also see the deleted messages vanishing. (Unless you made a local copy in the Local Folders account.)
I use a gmail account pretty much as you have described; I copy or move messages to that account so they are visible in my phone, my tablet, my own laptop and my works computer. It's free, and it's "in the cloud"; the only reservation I have is its privacy. There are other providers (e.g. 1&1/gmx) who don't seem to have the data collection fetish that google thrives on.
It's fairly simple to create filters in Thunderbird to automatically copy messages to your "cloud account"; even better is to set up forwarding rules on the other accounts' servers, so your messages are automatically sent on and waiting for you when you next login, already in the cloud account.

Lost all my mail in my inbox +my mail account

lost all my mail in my inbox +my mail account settings except @mac.com after a crash of my system.
When I rebooted my mac, a pop-up from mail was telling me that it had created a new folder called "distributed" in replacement of the usual "sent items" folder. This last folder is still there but is empty.
Can I somehow recuperate the settings as it was before the crash?

Hi Jake, and a warm welcome to the forums!
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"Try Disk Utility
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2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
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3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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Hi all,
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wa_message-line = text-007.
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CALL FUNCTION 'SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1'
    EXPORTING
      document_data                    = wa_docdata
      put_in_outbox                    = 'X'
    COMMIT_WORK                      = ' '
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    SENT_TO_ALL                      =
    NEW_OBJECT_ID                    =
    TABLES
      packing_list                     = it_attach
    OBJECT_HEADER                    =
    CONTENTS_BIN                     =
    CONTENTS_TXT                     =
    CONTENTS_HEX                     =
    OBJECT_PARA                      =
    OBJECT_PARB                      =
      receivers                        = it_reclist
    EXCEPTIONS
      too_many_receivers               = 1
      document_not_sent                = 2
      document_type_not_exist          = 3
      operation_no_authorization       = 4
      parameter_error                  = 5
      x_error                          = 6
      enqueue_error                    = 7
      OTHERS                           = 8.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
    MESSAGE text-008 TYPE 'S'.
ENDIF.
Still i am not able to send the mail , its giving me exception 5. Please let me know how could i modify the code.
Thanx,
Girish.

HI,
The code below demonstrates how to send an SAP mail to a users inbox (SBWP)
: Report ZSAPTALK                                                   :
: Author SAPdev.co.uk                                               :
: Description :                                                      :
: Send mail message to SAP mail inbox.                               :
:                     Please visit www.sapdev.co.uk for further info :
REPORT ZSAPMAIL NO STANDARD PAGE HEADING.
TABLES: DRAD,
        QINF,
        DRAW,
        SOUC,
        SOFD,
        DRAP.
DATA: P_RETURN_CODE LIKE SY-SUBRC.
data: d_username LIKE DRAP-PRNAM.
mail declarations
DATA : BEGIN OF NEW_OBJECT_ID.         " the newly created email object
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE SOODK.
DATA : END OF NEW_OBJECT_ID.
DATA : BEGIN OF FOLDER_ID.             " the folder id of the outbox
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE SOODK.
DATA : END OF FOLDER_ID.
DATA : BEGIN OF REC_TAB OCCURS 5.     " the table which will contain the
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE SOOS1.       " information on the destination
DATA : END OF REC_TAB.
DATA : BEGIN OF OBJECT_HD_CHANGE.      " the table which contains the
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE SOOD1.       " info for the object we will be
DATA : END OF OBJECT_HD_CHANGE.        " creating
DATA : OBJECT_TYPE LIKE SOOD-OBJTP.    " the type of object
DATA : BEGIN OF OBJHEAD OCCURS 5.      " the header of the object
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE SOLI.
DATA : END OF OBJHEAD.
DATA : BEGIN OF OBJCONT OCCURS 0.      " the contents of the object
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE SOLI.        " i.e. the text etc
DATA : END OF OBJCONT.
DATA : BEGIN OF OBJPARA OCCURS 5.      " formatting options
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE SELC.
DATA : END OF OBJPARA.
DATA : BEGIN OF OBJPARB OCCURS 5.      " formatting options
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE SOOP1.
DATA : END OF OBJPARB.
DATA : BEGIN OF T_MAIL_TEXT OCCURS 0, "Message table for messages to
        STRING(255),                   "user via mailbox
       END OF T_MAIL_TEXT.
Parameter: p_uname like sy-uname.
**START-OF-SELECTION
START-OF-SELECTION.
    d_username = p_uname.
    PERFORM POPULATE_EMAIL_TEXT.
    PERFORM SETUP_TRX_AND_RTX_MAILBOXES USING P_RETURN_CODE.
    PERFORM CREATE_AND_SEND_MAIL_OBJECT.
      FORM POPULATE_EMAIL_TEXT                                      *
      Inserts text for email message                                *
FORM POPULATE_EMAIL_TEXT.
CLEAR T_MAIL_TEXT-STRING.            "puts a blank line in
APPEND T_MAIL_TEXT.
APPEND T_MAIL_TEXT.
adds failed list on to end of success list.
T_MAIL_TEXT-STRING = 'Test email message line 1'.
APPEND T_MAIL_TEXT.
T_MAIL_TEXT-STRING = 'Test email message line 1'.
APPEND T_MAIL_TEXT.
CLEAR T_MAIL_TEXT-STRING.            "puts a blank line in
APPEND T_MAIL_TEXT.
T_MAIL_TEXT-STRING = 'Header1    Header2    Header3'.
APPEND T_MAIL_TEXT.
T_MAIL_TEXT-STRING = '----
APPEND T_MAIL_TEXT.
ENDFORM.
*&      Form SETUP_TRX_&_RTX_MAILBOXES
Ensure that the mailboxes of the sender (INTMGR) are set up OK
FORM SETUP_TRX_AND_RTX_MAILBOXES USING P_RETURN_CODE.
get the user no of the sender in order to add the mail to the
user name's outbox for future reference
SELECT SINGLE * FROM SOUC
           WHERE SAPNAM = SY-UNAME.    "SAP name of a SAPoffice user
IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
    "Error finding the SAPoffice user info for the user
    MESSAGE E064(ZR53) WITH SY-UNAME.
    P_RETURN_CODE = 1.
    EXIT.
ENDIF.
*Get the outbox No for the sender from the user No where the folder
                                       " type is an outbox
SELECT * FROM SOFD WHERE OWNTP = SOUC-USRTP   "Owner type from ID
                       AND OWNYR = SOUC-USRYR   "Owner year from the ID
                       AND OWNNO = SOUC-USRNO   "Owner number from the I
                       AND FOLRG = 'O'."Output box
ENDSELECT.
IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
    " Error getting folder information for the user
    MESSAGE E065(ZR53) WITH SY-UNAME.
    P_RETURN_CODE = 1.
    EXIT.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM.                               " SETUP_TRX_&_RTX_MAILBOXES
*&      Form CREATE_AND_SEND_MAIL_OBJECT
FORM CREATE_AND_SEND_MAIL_OBJECT.
FOLDER_ID-OBJTP = SOFD-FOLTP.        " the folder type ( usually FOL )
FOLDER_ID-OBJYR = SOFD-FOLYR.        " the folder year ( usually 22 )
FOLDER_ID-OBJNO = SOFD-FOLNO.        " the folder no.
OBJECT_TYPE     = 'RAW'.             " the type of object being added
build up the object information for creating the object
OBJECT_HD_CHANGE-OBJLA = SY-LANGU. " the language of the email
OBJECT_HD_CHANGE-OBJNAM = 'PS to DM Interface'. " the object name
mail subject 'Mass Linking of QA, pass/fail'
MOVE TEXT-002 TO OBJECT_HD_CHANGE-OBJDES.
OBJECT_HD_CHANGE-DLDAT = SY-DATUM.   " the date of the email
OBJECT_HD_CHANGE-DLTIM = SY-UZEIT.   " the time of the email
OBJECT_HD_CHANGE-OBJPRI = '1'.       " the priority ( highest )
OBJECT_HD_CHANGE-OBJSNS = 'F'.       " the object sensitivity
F is functional, C - company sensitive
object_hd_change-skips = ' '.       " Skip first screen
object_hd_change-acnam = 'SM35'.    " Batch imput transaction
object_hd_change-vmtyp = 'T'.       " Transaction type
add the text lines into the contents of the email
CLEAR OBJCONT.
REFRESH OBJCONT.
free objcont.      " added this to delete the mail contents records
LOOP AT T_MAIL_TEXT.
    OBJCONT-LINE = T_MAIL_TEXT-STRING.
    APPEND OBJCONT.
ENDLOOP.
CLEAR OBJCONT.
build up the table of receivers for the email
REC_TAB-RCDAT = SY-DATUM.            " the date to send the email
REC_TAB-RCTIM = SY-UZEIT.            " the time to send the email
the SAP username of the person who will receive the email
REC_TAB-RECNAM = D_USERNAME.
the user type of the person who will send the email ( USR )
REC_TAB-SNDTP = SOUC-USRTP.
the user year of the person who will send the email ( 22 )
REC_TAB-SNDYR = SOUC-USRYR.
the user number of the person who will send the email
REC_TAB-SNDNO = SOUC-USRNO.
the sap username of the person who will send the email
REC_TAB-SNDNAM = SY-UNAME.
get the user info for the receiver of the document
SELECT SINGLE * FROM SOUC WHERE SAPNAM = D_USERNAME.
IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
    WRITE : / TEXT-001, D_USERNAME.    "usnam.
    EXIT.
ENDIF.
the user number of the person who will receive the email ( USR )
REC_TAB-RECNO = SOUC-USRNO.
the user type of the person who will receive the email ( USR )
REC_TAB-RECTP = SOUC-USRTP.
the user year of the person who will receive the email ( USR )
REC_TAB-RECYR = SOUC-USRYR.
the priority of the email ( highest )
REC_TAB-SNDPRI = '1'.
check for delivery on the email
REC_TAB-DELIVER = 'X'.
send express so recipient knows there is a problem
REC_TAB-SNDEX = 'X'.
check for a return receipt
REC_TAB-READ = 'X'.
the sap username of the person receiving the email
REC_TAB-ADR_NAME = D_USERNAME.       "usnam.
add this receiver to the internal table
APPEND REC_TAB.
CLEAR REC_TAB.
call the function to create the object in the outbox of the sender
CALL FUNCTION 'SO_OBJECT_INSERT'
       EXPORTING
            FOLDER_ID                  = FOLDER_ID
            OBJECT_HD_CHANGE           = OBJECT_HD_CHANGE
            OBJECT_TYPE                = OBJECT_TYPE
            OWNER                      = SY-UNAME
       IMPORTING
            OBJECT_ID                  = NEW_OBJECT_ID
       TABLES
            OBJCONT                    = OBJCONT
            OBJHEAD                    = OBJHEAD
            OBJPARA                    = OBJPARA
            OBJPARB                    = OBJPARB
       EXCEPTIONS
            ACTIVE_USER_NOT_EXIST      = 1
            COMMUNICATION_FAILURE      = 2
            COMPONENT_NOT_AVAILABLE    = 3
            DL_NAME_EXIST              = 4
            FOLDER_NOT_EXIST           = 5
            FOLDER_NO_AUTHORIZATION    = 6
            OBJECT_TYPE_NOT_EXIST      = 7
            OPERATION_NO_AUTHORIZATION = 8
            OWNER_NOT_EXIST            = 9
            PARAMETER_ERROR            = 10
            SUBSTITUTE_NOT_ACTIVE      = 11
            SUBSTITUTE_NOT_DEFINED     = 12
            SYSTEM_FAILURE             = 13
            X_ERROR                    = 14
            OTHERS                     = 15.
IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
    MESSAGE A063(ZR53) WITH SY-SUBRC.
    EXIT.
ENDIF.
call the function to send the already created email to the receivers
CALL FUNCTION 'SO_OBJECT_SEND'
       EXPORTING
            FOLDER_ID                  = FOLDER_ID
            OBJECT_ID                  = NEW_OBJECT_ID
            OUTBOX_FLAG                = 'X'
            OWNER                      = SY-UNAME
       TABLES
            RECEIVERS                  = REC_TAB
       EXCEPTIONS
            ACTIVE_USER_NOT_EXIST      = 1
            COMMUNICATION_FAILURE      = 2
            COMPONENT_NOT_AVAILABLE    = 3
            FOLDER_NOT_EXIST           = 4
            FOLDER_NO_AUTHORIZATION    = 5
            FORWARDER_NOT_EXIST        = 6
            NOTE_NOT_EXIST             = 7
            OBJECT_NOT_EXIST           = 8
            OBJECT_NOT_SENT            = 9
            OBJECT_NO_AUTHORIZATION    = 10
            OBJECT_TYPE_NOT_EXIST      = 11
            OPERATION_NO_AUTHORIZATION = 12
            OWNER_NOT_EXIST            = 13
            PARAMETER_ERROR            = 14
            SUBSTITUTE_NOT_ACTIVE      = 15
            SUBSTITUTE_NOT_DEFINED     = 16
            SYSTEM_FAILURE             = 17
            TOO_MUCH_RECEIVERS         = 18
            USER_NOT_EXIST             = 19
            X_ERROR                    = 20
            OTHERS                     = 21.
IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
    MESSAGE I035(ZR53) WITH NEW_OBJECT_ID D_USERNAME. "usnam.
ELSE.
    MESSAGE I036(ZR53) WITH D_USERNAME."      sy-subrc.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM.                               " CREATE_AND_SEND_MAIL_OBJECT
Hope this helps.
Reward if helpful.
Regards,
Sipra

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