(MFC) Download POP3 Email to MIME Strings

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

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkMailMan.h>
#include <CkStringArray.h>
#include <CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    bool success;

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

    // Set the POP3 server's hostname
    mailman.put_MailHost("pop.someMailServer.com");

    // Set the POP3 login/password.
    mailman.put_PopUsername("myLogin");
    mailman.put_PopPassword("myPassword");

    // First, get the complete set of UIDLs for the email in the POP3 mailbox:
    CkStringArray *saUidls = mailman.GetUidls();
    if (mailman.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(mailman.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Download the email as MIME strings (no parsing of the MIME)
    CkStringArray *saMime = mailman.FetchMultipleMime(*saUidls);
    if (mailman.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(mailman.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        delete saUidls;
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    delete saUidls;

    // MIME strings may be loaded into email objects:
    int i;
    CkEmail email;
    for (i = 0; i <= saMime->get_Count() - 1; i++) {
        success = email.SetFromMimeText(saMime->getString(i));
        strOut.append("From: ");
        strOut.append(email.ck_from());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("Subject: ");
        strOut.append(email.subject());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }

    delete saMime;


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }