Visual Basic 6.0

Download MIME Source of Emails in IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates how to download the MIME source for emails on an IMAP server. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim imap As New ChilkatImap

' Connect to an IMAP server.
' Use TLS
imap.Ssl = 1
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' The NumMessages property contains the number of messages in the selected mailbox.
Dim numMessages As Long
numMessages = imap.NumMessages
If (numMessages = 0) Then
    Debug.Print "No messages exist in the Inbox."
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim sbMime As New ChilkatStringBuilder
Dim seqNum As Long
For seqNum = 1 To numMessages
    sbMime.Clear 
    success = imap.FetchSingleAsMimeSb(seqNum,0,sbMime)
    If (success = 0) Then
        Debug.Print imap.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    ' The MIME source of the downloaded email is contained in sbMime.
Next

' Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect()