(Delphi DLL) Download POP3 Email to MIME Strings

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

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the non-ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, MailMan, StringArray, Email;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
mailman: HCkMailMan;
saUidls: HCkStringArray;
saMime: HCkStringArray;
i: Integer;
email: HCkEmail;

begin
// 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 := CkMailMan_Create();

// Set the POP3 server's hostname
CkMailMan_putMailHost(mailman,'pop.someMailServer.com');

// Set the POP3 login/password.
CkMailMan_putPopUsername(mailman,'myLogin');
CkMailMan_putPopPassword(mailman,'myPassword');

// First, get the complete set of UIDLs for the email in the POP3 mailbox:
saUidls := CkMailMan_GetUidls(mailman);
if (CkMailMan_getLastMethodSuccess(mailman) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;

// Download the email as MIME strings (no parsing of the MIME)
saMime := CkMailMan_FetchMultipleMime(mailman,saUidls);
if (CkMailMan_getLastMethodSuccess(mailman) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    CkStringArray_Dispose(saUidls);
    Exit;
  end;

CkStringArray_Dispose(saUidls);

// MIME strings may be loaded into email objects:

email := CkEmail_Create();
for i := 0 to CkStringArray_getCount(saMime) - 1 do
  begin
    success := CkEmail_SetFromMimeText(email,CkStringArray__getString(saMime,i));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('From: ' + CkEmail__from(email));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Subject: ' + CkEmail__subject(email));
  end;

CkStringArray_Dispose(saMime);

CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);

end;