(Chilkat2-Python) 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.

Chilkat2 Python Downloads install with pip pip3 install chilkat2 or download... Python Module for Windows, Linux, Alpine Linux, MacOS, Solaris

import sys
import chilkat2

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

imap = chilkat2.Imap()

# Connect to an IMAP server.
# Use TLS
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (success != True):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# The NumMessages property contains the number of messages in the selected mailbox.
numToFetch = imap.NumMessages
# Download all the email in the Inbox.

# sa is a CkStringArray
sa = imap.FetchSequenceAsMime(1,numToFetch)
if (imap.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(imap.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Loop over the MIME strings contained within sa:
i = 0
while i < sa.Count :

    strMime = sa.GetString(i)

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

    i = i + 1

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect()