(Ruby) 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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require 'chilkat'

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

mailman = Chilkat::CkMailMan.new()

mailman.put_MailHost("pop.example.com")

mailman.put_PopUsername("myLogin")
mailman.put_PopPassword("myPassword")

mailman.put_MailPort(995)
mailman.put_PopSsl(true)

# sa is a CkStringArray
sa = mailman.GetUidls()
if (mailman.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print mailman.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

numUidls = sa.get_Count()
bdMime = Chilkat::CkBinData.new()

# Download the 1st email and save to a file.
if (numUidls > 0)
    uidl = sa.getString(0)
    print uidl + "\n";

    # 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 == false)
        print mailman.lastErrorText() + "\n";
        exit
    end

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