Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Download POP3 Email to MIME

Download the email from a POP3 mailbox directly into MIME, without parsing into email objects. Delphi DLL

var
success: Boolean;
mailman: HCkMailMan;
stUidls: HCkStringTable;
bdMime: HCkBinData;
email: HCkEmail;
count: Integer;
i: Integer;

begin
success := False;

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

//  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3) 
//  and sending (SMTP) email.
mailman := CkMailMan_Create();

//  Set the POP3 server's hostname
CkMailMan_putMailHost(mailman,'pop.example.com');

//  Set the POP3 login/password.
CkMailMan_putPopUsername(mailman,'myLogin');
CkMailMan_putPopPassword(mailman,'myPassword');

//  First, get the complete set of UIDLs for the email in the POP3 mailbox:
stUidls := CkStringTable_Create();
success := CkMailMan_FetchUidls(mailman,stUidls);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Download each email as MIME.
//  If desired, the MIME can be loaded into an email object.
bdMime := CkBinData_Create();
email := CkEmail_Create();

count := CkStringTable_getCount(stUidls);
i := 0;
while i < count do
  begin
    success := CkMailMan_FetchMimeBd(mailman,CkStringTable__stringAt(stUidls,i),bdMime);
    if (success = False) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
        Exit;
      end;

    CkEmail_SetFromMimeBd(email,bdMime);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('From: ' + CkEmail__from(email));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Subject: ' + CkEmail__subject(email));

    i := i + 1;
  end;

CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
CkStringTable_Dispose(stUidls);
CkBinData_Dispose(bdMime);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);