(Excel) POP3 Fetch Mime Source of Email by UIDL

Demonstrates how to fetch the MIME source of a single email by UIDL.

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

Dim mailman As Chilkat.MailMan
Set mailman = Chilkat.NewMailMan

mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"

mailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

mailman.MailPort = 995
mailman.PopSsl = True


Set sa = mailman.GetUidls()
If (mailman.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.Print mailman.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If


numUidls = sa.Count
Dim bdMime As Chilkat.BinData
Set bdMime = Chilkat.NewBinData

' Download the 1st email and save to a file.
If (numUidls > 0) Then

    uidl = sa.GetString(0)
    Debug.Print uidl

    ' Download the MIME source of the email into bdMime.
    ' The bdMime contains the email exactly as it is on the mail server.

    success = mailman.FetchMimeBd(uidl,bdMime)
    If (success = False) Then
        Debug.Print mailman.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    success = bdMime.WriteFile("qa_output/firstEmail.eml")
End If