VB.NET Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Download POP3 Email to MIME

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

Dim success As Boolean = 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.
Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan

'  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 Chilkat.StringTable
success = mailman.FetchUidls(stUidls)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(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 Chilkat.BinData
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email

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


    email.SetFromMimeBd(bdMime)
    Debug.WriteLine("From: " & email.From)
    Debug.WriteLine("Subject: " & email.Subject)

    i = i + 1
End While