Ruby

Download POP3 Email to MIME

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

require 'chilkat'

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 = Chilkat::CkMailMan.new()

# Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.put_MailHost("pop.example.com")

# Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.put_PopUsername("myLogin")
mailman.put_PopPassword("myPassword")

# First, get the complete set of UIDLs for the email in the POP3 mailbox:
stUidls = Chilkat::CkStringTable.new()
success = mailman.FetchUidls(stUidls)
if (success == false)
    print mailman.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Download each email as MIME.
# If desired, the MIME can be loaded into an email object.
bdMime = Chilkat::CkBinData.new()
email = Chilkat::CkEmail.new()

count = stUidls.get_Count()
i = 0
while i < count
    success = mailman.FetchMimeBd(stUidls.stringAt(i),bdMime)
    if (success == false)
        print mailman.lastErrorText() + "\n";
        exit
    end

    email.SetFromMimeBd(bdMime)
    print "From: " + email.ck_from() + "\n";
    print "Subject: " + email.subject() + "\n";

    i = i + 1
end