(PowerShell) Download POP3 Email to MIME Strings

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

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# 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.someMailServer.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:
$saUidls = $mailman.GetUidls()
if ($mailman.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Download the email as MIME strings (no parsing of the MIME)
$saMime = $mailman.FetchMultipleMime($saUidls)
if ($mailman.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)

    exit
}

# MIME strings may be loaded into email objects:

$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email
for ($i = 0; $i -le $saMime.Count - 1; $i++) {
    $success = $email.SetFromMimeText($saMime.GetString($i))
    $("From: " + $email.From)
    $("Subject: " + $email.Subject)
}