SQL Server

Download POP3 Email to MIME

Download the email from a POP3 mailbox directly into MIME, without parsing into email objects. 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
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 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.

    -- The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3) 
    -- and sending (SMTP) email.
    DECLARE @mailman int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MailMan', @mailman OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Set the POP3 server's hostname
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'MailHost', 'pop.example.com'

    -- Set the POP3 login/password.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'PopUsername', 'myLogin'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'PopPassword', 'myPassword'

    -- First, get the complete set of UIDLs for the email in the POP3 mailbox:
    DECLARE @stUidls int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringTable', @stUidls OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'FetchUidls', @success OUT, @stUidls
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @stUidls
        RETURN
      END

    -- Download each email as MIME.
    -- If desired, the MIME can be loaded into an email object.
    DECLARE @bdMime int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.BinData', @bdMime OUT

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

    DECLARE @count int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @stUidls, 'Count', @count OUT
    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    WHILE @i < @count
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @stUidls, 'StringAt', @sTmp0 OUT, @i
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'FetchMimeBd', @success OUT, @sTmp0, @bdMime
        IF @success = 0
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
            PRINT @sTmp0
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @stUidls
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bdMime
            EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email
            RETURN
          END

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'SetFromMimeBd', @success OUT, @bdMime

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'From', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'From: ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'Subject', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'Subject: ' + @sTmp0

        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @stUidls
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bdMime
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email


END
GO