(MFC) Download MIME Source of Emails in IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates how to download the MIME source for emails on an IMAP server. There are several Chilkat IMAP methods for downloading email into a MIME string: FetchSingleAsMime, FetchSequenceAsMime, and FetchBundleAsMime. This example demonstrates FetchSequenceAsMime.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkImap.h>
#include <CkStringArray.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkImap imap;

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    bool success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // The NumMessages property contains the number of messages in the selected mailbox.
    int numToFetch = imap.get_NumMessages();
    // Download all the email in the Inbox.
    CkStringArray *sa = 0;
    sa = imap.FetchSequenceAsMime(1,numToFetch);
    if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Loop over the MIME strings contained within sa:
    int i = 0;
    while (i < sa->get_Count()) {
        const char *strMime = 0;
        strMime = sa->getString(i);

        // Now you have the MIME source of this email...  

        i = i + 1;
    }

    delete sa;

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


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }