Node.js

Download POP3 Email to MIME

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

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    // 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.
    var mailman = new chilkat.MailMan();

    // 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:
    var stUidls = new chilkat.StringTable();
    success = mailman.FetchUidls(stUidls);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Download each email as MIME.
    // If desired, the MIME can be loaded into an email object.
    var bdMime = new chilkat.BinData();
    var email = new chilkat.Email();

    var count = stUidls.Count;
    var i = 0;
    while (i < count) {
        success = mailman.FetchMimeBd(stUidls.StringAt(i),bdMime);
        if (success == false) {
            console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
            return;
        }

        email.SetFromMimeBd(bdMime);
        console.log("From: " + email.From);
        console.log("Subject: " + email.Subject);

        i = i+1;
    }


}

chilkatExample();