(PureBasic) Download MIME Source of Emails in IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates how to download the MIME source for emails on an IMAP server. There are several Chilkat IMAP methods for downloading email into a MIME string: FetchSingleAsMime, FetchSequenceAsMime, and FetchBundleAsMime. This example demonstrates FetchSequenceAsMime.

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IncludeFile "CkImap.pb"
IncludeFile "CkStringArray.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    ; This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    ; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    imap.i = CkImap::ckCreate()
    If imap.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Connect to an IMAP server.
    ; Use TLS
    CkImap::setCkSsl(imap, 1)
    CkImap::setCkPort(imap, 993)
    success.i = CkImap::ckConnect(imap,"imap.someMailServer.com")
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkImap::ckLastErrorText(imap)
        CkImap::ckDispose(imap)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Login
    success = CkImap::ckLogin(imap,"myLogin","myPassword")
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkImap::ckLastErrorText(imap)
        CkImap::ckDispose(imap)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = CkImap::ckSelectMailbox(imap,"Inbox")
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkImap::ckLastErrorText(imap)
        CkImap::ckDispose(imap)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; The NumMessages property contains the number of messages in the selected mailbox.
    numToFetch.i = CkImap::ckNumMessages(imap)
    ; Download all the email in the Inbox.
    sa.i
    sa = CkImap::ckFetchSequenceAsMime(imap,1,numToFetch)
    If CkImap::ckLastMethodSuccess(imap) = 0
        Debug CkImap::ckLastErrorText(imap)
        CkImap::ckDispose(imap)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Loop over the MIME strings contained within sa:
    i.i = 0
    While i < CkStringArray::ckCount(sa)
        strMime.s
        strMime = CkStringArray::ckGetString(sa,i)

        ; Now you have the MIME source of this email...  

        i = i + 1
    Wend

    CkStringArray::ckDispose(sa)

    ; Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = CkImap::ckDisconnect(imap)


    CkImap::ckDispose(imap)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure