(PowerShell) 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.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$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.
$mailman = New-Object 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-Object Chilkat.StringTable
$success = $mailman.FetchUidls($stUidls)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Download each email as MIME.
# If desired, the MIME can be loaded into an email object.
$bdMime = New-Object Chilkat.BinData
$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email

$count = $stUidls.Count
$i = 0
while ($i -lt $count) {
    $success = $mailman.FetchMimeBd($stUidls.StringAt($i),$bdMime)
    if ($success -eq $false) {
        $($mailman.LastErrorText)
        exit
    }

    $email.SetFromMimeBd($bdMime)
    $("From: " + $email.From)
    $("Subject: " + $email.Subject)

    $i = $i + 1
}