B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Download MIME Source of Emails in IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates how to download the MIME source for emails on an IMAP server. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim imap As ChilkatImap
imap.Initialize("imap")

'  Connect to an IMAP server.
'  Use TLS
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin", "myPassword")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If success = False Then
    Log(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  The NumMessages property contains the number of messages in the selected mailbox.
Dim numMessages As Int = imap.NumMessages
If numMessages = 0 Then
    Log("No messages exist in the Inbox.")
    Return
End If


Dim sbMime As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbMime.Initialize
Dim seqNum As Int
For seqNum = 1 To numMessages
    sbMime.Clear
    success = imap.FetchSingleAsMimeSb(seqNum, False, sbMime)
    If success = False Then
        Log(imap.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If


    '  The MIME source of the downloaded email is contained in sbMime.
Next

'  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect