(Tcl) 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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load ./chilkat.dll

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

set imap [new_CkImap]

# Connect to an IMAP server.
# Use TLS
CkImap_put_Ssl $imap 1
CkImap_put_Port $imap 993
set success [CkImap_Connect $imap "imap.someMailServer.com"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Login
set success [CkImap_Login $imap "myLogin" "myPassword"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Select an IMAP mailbox
set success [CkImap_SelectMailbox $imap "Inbox"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# The NumMessages property contains the number of messages in the selected mailbox.
set numToFetch [CkImap_get_NumMessages $imap]
# Download all the email in the Inbox.
# sa is a CkStringArray

set sa [CkImap_FetchSequenceAsMime $imap 1 $numToFetch]
if {[CkImap_get_LastMethodSuccess $imap] == 0} then {
    puts [CkImap_lastErrorText $imap]
    delete_CkImap $imap
    exit
}

# Loop over the MIME strings contained within sa:
set i 0
while {$i < [CkStringArray_get_Count $sa]} {

    set strMime [CkStringArray_getString $sa $i]

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

    set i [expr $i + 1]
}

delete_CkStringArray $sa

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
set success [CkImap_Disconnect $imap]

delete_CkImap $imap