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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<?php

//  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
//  and sending (SMTP) email.
$mailman = new COM("Chilkat.MailMan2");

//  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
$success = $mailman->UnlockComponent('30-day trial');
if ($success != true) {
    print 'Component unlock failed' . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  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:

$saUidls = $mailman->GetUidls();
if (is_null($saUidls)) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Download the email as MIME strings (no parsing of the MIME)

$saMime = $mailman->FetchMultipleMime($saUidls);
if (is_null($saMime)) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";

    exit;
}

//  MIME strings may be loaded into email objects:

$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email2");
for ($i = 0; $i <= $saMime->Count - 1; $i++) {
    $email->SetFromMimeText($saMime->getString($i));
    print $email->from() . "\n";
    print $email->subject() . "\n" . "\n";
}


?>