Download POP3 Email to MIME Strings

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

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//  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
//  and sending (SMTP) email.
Chilkat.MailMan mailman = new Chilkat.MailMan();

//  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
bool success;
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show("Component unlock failed");
    return;
}

//  Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost = "mail.chilkatsoft.com";

//  Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername = "matt@chilkatsoft.com";
mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword";

//  First, get the complete set of UIDLs for the email in the POP3 mailbox:
Chilkat.StringArray saUidls = null;
saUidls = mailman.GetUidls();
if (saUidls == null ) {
    MessageBox.Show(mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Download the email as MIME strings (no parsing of the MIME)
Chilkat.StringArray saMime = null;
saMime = mailman.FetchMultipleMime(saUidls);
if (saMime == null ) {
    MessageBox.Show(mailman.LastErrorText);

    return;
}

//  MIME strings may be loaded into email objects:
int i;
Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.Email();
for (i = 0; i <= saMime.Count - 1; i++) {
    email.SetFromMimeText(saMime.GetString(i));
    textBox1.Text += email.From + "\r\n";
    textBox1.Text += email.Subject + "\r\n" + "\r\n";
}