(PHP ActiveX) Download POP3 Email to MIME

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

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

$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 = new COM("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:
$stUidls = new COM("Chilkat.StringTable");
$success = $mailman->FetchUidls($stUidls);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

$count = $stUidls->Count;
$i = 0;
while ($i < $count) {
    $success = $mailman->FetchMimeBd($stUidls->stringAt($i),$bdMime);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    $email->SetFromMimeBd($bdMime);
    print 'From: ' . $email->From . "\n";
    print 'Subject: ' . $email->Subject . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>