Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Download POP3 Email to MIME

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

var
success: Integer;
mailman: TChilkatMailMan;
stUidls: TChilkatStringTable;
bdMime: TChilkatBinData;
email: TChilkatEmail;
count: Integer;
i: Integer;

begin
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.
mailman := TChilkatMailMan.Create(Self);

//  Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost := 'pop.example.com';

//  Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername := 'myLogin';
mailman.PopPassword := 'myPassword';

//  First, get the complete set of UIDLs for the email in the POP3 mailbox:
stUidls := TChilkatStringTable.Create(Self);
success := mailman.FetchUidls(stUidls.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(mailman.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Download each email as MIME.
//  If desired, the MIME can be loaded into an email object.
bdMime := TChilkatBinData.Create(Self);
email := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);

count := stUidls.Count;
i := 0;
while i < count do
  begin
    success := mailman.FetchMimeBd(stUidls.StringAt(i),bdMime.ControlInterface);
    if (success = 0) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(mailman.LastErrorText);
        Exit;
      end;

    email.SetFromMimeBd(bdMime.ControlInterface);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('From: ' + email.From);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Subject: ' + email.Subject);

    i := i + 1;
  end;