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Fetch Single Email by UID or Sequence Number

Assuming the UID is known, download a single email by UID from an IMAP mail server.

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SQL Server
-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @sTmp1 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @imap int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Imap', @imap OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Connect to an IMAP server.
    -- Use TLS
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Ssl', 1
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Port', 993
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'imap.example.com'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- Login
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Login', @success OUT, '***', '***'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    -- Select an IMAP mailbox
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'SelectMailbox', @success OUT, 'Inbox'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @email int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT

    DECLARE @uid int
    SELECT @uid = 2014
    DECLARE @isUid int
    SELECT @isUid = 1

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'FetchEmail', @success OUT, 0, @uid, @isUid, @email
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
        RETURN
      END

    -- Display the From and Subject
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'FromAddress', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'Subject', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- Display the Body property, which is the default body.
    -- If an email has an HTML body, the Body property contains
    -- the HTML source.  Otherwise it contains the plain-text
    -- body.

    PRINT '---- EMAIL BODY ----'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'Body', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    PRINT '--------------------'

    -- Display the recipients:
    DECLARE @j int

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'NumTo', @iTmp0 OUT
    SELECT @j = 0
    WHILE @j <= @iTmp0 - 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'GetToName', @sTmp0 OUT, @j

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'GetToAddr', @sTmp1 OUT, @j
        PRINT @sTmp0 + ', ' + @sTmp1
        SELECT @j = @j + 1
      END
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'NumCC', @iTmp0 OUT
    SELECT @j = 0
    WHILE @j <= @iTmp0 - 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'GetCcName', @sTmp0 OUT, @j

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'GetCcAddr', @sTmp1 OUT, @j
        PRINT @sTmp0 + ', ' + @sTmp1
        SELECT @j = @j + 1
      END

    -- Show the total size of the email, including body and attachments:
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'Size', @iTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @iTmp0

    -- When a full email is downloaded, we would use the
    -- email.NumAttachments property in conjunction with the
    -- email.GetMailAttach* methods.
    -- However, when an email object contains only the header,
    -- we need to access the attachment info differently:
    DECLARE @numAttach int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'GetMailNumAttach', @numAttach OUT, @email

    PRINT @numAttach

    SELECT @j = 0
    WHILE @j <= @numAttach - 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'GetMailAttachFilename', @sTmp0 OUT, @email, @j
        PRINT @sTmp0
        DECLARE @attachSize int
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'GetMailAttachSize', @attachSize OUT, @email, @j


        PRINT '    size = ' + @attachSize + ' bytes'
        SELECT @j = @j + 1
      END


    PRINT '--'

    -- Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Disconnect', @success OUT

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email


END
GO