Download MIME Source of Emails in IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates how to download the MIME source for emails on an IMAP server. There are several Chilkat IMAP methods for downloading email into a MIME string: FetchSingleAsMime, FetchSequenceAsMime, and FetchBundleAsMime. This example demonstrates FetchSequenceAsMime.

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CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @imap int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Imap', @imap OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @success int

    --  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'UnlockComponent', @success OUT, 'Anything for 30-day trial'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  Connect to an IMAP server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'mail.chilkatsoft.com'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  Login
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Login', @success OUT, 'myLogin', 'myPassword'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  Select an IMAP mailbox
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'SelectMailbox', @success OUT, 'Inbox'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  The NumMessages property contains the number of messages in the selected mailbox.
    DECLARE @numToFetch int

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'NumMessages', @numToFetch OUT

    --  Download all the email in the Inbox.
    DECLARE @sa int

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'FetchSequenceAsMime', @sa OUT, 1, @numToFetch
    IF @sa Is NULL 
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  Loop over the MIME strings contained within sa:
    DECLARE @i int

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @sa, 'Count', @iTmp0 OUT
    SELECT @i = 0
    WHILE @i <= @iTmp0 - 1
      BEGIN
        DECLARE @strMime nvarchar(4000)

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sa, 'GetString', @strMime OUT, @i

        --  Now you have the MIME source of this email...
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END

    --  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Disconnect', NULL


END
GO