(PowerShell) POP3 Fetch Mime Source of Email by UIDL

Demonstrates how to fetch the MIME source of a single email by UIDL.

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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.

$mailman = New-Object Chilkat.MailMan

$mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"

$mailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
$mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

$mailman.MailPort = 995
$mailman.PopSsl = $true

$sa = $mailman.GetUidls()
if ($mailman.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$numUidls = $sa.Count
$bdMime = New-Object Chilkat.BinData

# Download the 1st email and save to a file.
if ($numUidls -gt 0) {
    $uidl = $sa.GetString(0)
    $($uidl)

    # Download the MIME source of the email into bdMime.
    # The bdMime contains the email exactly as it is on the mail server.
    $success = $mailman.FetchMimeBd($uidl,$bdMime)
    if ($success -eq $false) {
        $($mailman.LastErrorText)
        exit
    }

    $success = $bdMime.WriteFile("qa_output/firstEmail.eml")
}