(Visual Basic 6.0) Download POP3 Email to MIME

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

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

' 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.
Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan

' Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"

' Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

' First, get the complete set of UIDLs for the email in the POP3 mailbox:
Dim stUidls As New ChilkatStringTable
success = mailman.FetchUidls(stUidls)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print mailman.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Download each email as MIME.
' If desired, the MIME can be loaded into an email object.
Dim bdMime As New ChilkatBinData
Dim email As New ChilkatEmail

Dim count As Long
count = stUidls.Count
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Do While i < count
    success = mailman.FetchMimeBd(stUidls.StringAt(i),bdMime)
    If (success = 0) Then
        Debug.Print mailman.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    success = email.SetFromMimeBd(bdMime)
    Debug.Print "From: " & email.From
    Debug.Print "Subject: " & email.Subject

    i = i + 1
Loop