Xojo Plugin

Download POP3 Email to MIME

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

Dim success As Boolean
success = 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
    System.DebugLog(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
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 Int32
count = stUidls.Count
Dim i As Int32
i = 0
While i < count
    success = mailman.FetchMimeBd(stUidls.StringAt(i),bdMime)
    If (success = False) Then
        System.DebugLog(mailman.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If

    success = email.SetFromMimeBd(bdMime)
    System.DebugLog("From: " + email.From)
    System.DebugLog("Subject: " + email.Subject)

    i = i + 1
Wend