Xojo Plugin

Download MIME Source of Emails in IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates how to download the MIME source for emails on an IMAP server. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim imap As New Chilkat.Imap

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
imap.Ssl = True
imap.Port = 993
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// The NumMessages property contains the number of messages in the selected mailbox.
Dim numMessages As Int32
numMessages = imap.NumMessages
If (numMessages = 0) Then
    System.DebugLog("No messages exist in the Inbox.")
    Return
End If

Dim sbMime As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
Dim seqNum As Int32
For seqNum = 1 To numMessages
    sbMime.Clear 
    success = imap.FetchSingleAsMimeSb(seqNum,False,sbMime)
    If (success = False) Then
        System.DebugLog(imap.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If

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

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