(Perl) Download POP3 Email to MIME Strings

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

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux, Solaris

use chilkat();

# 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 = chilkat::CkMailMan->new();

# Set the POP3 server's hostname
$mailman->put_MailHost("pop.someMailServer.com");

# Set the POP3 login/password.
$mailman->put_PopUsername("myLogin");
$mailman->put_PopPassword("myPassword");

# First, get the complete set of UIDLs for the email in the POP3 mailbox:
# saUidls is a StringArray
$saUidls = $mailman->GetUidls();
if ($mailman->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Download the email as MIME strings (no parsing of the MIME)
# saMime is a StringArray
$saMime = $mailman->FetchMultipleMime($saUidls);
if ($mailman->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";

    exit;
}

# MIME strings may be loaded into email objects:

$email = chilkat::CkEmail->new();
for ($i = 0; $i <= $saMime->get_Count() - 1; $i++) {
    $success = $email->SetFromMimeText($saMime->getString($i));
    print "From: " . $email->ck_from() . "\r\n";
    print "Subject: " . $email->subject() . "\r\n";
}