Download Email into MIME Strings and Save as .EML Files

Download Chilkat Email ActiveX

Visual Basic 6.0 example to download email into MIME strings and save to .eml files.

    ' This example downloads email from a POP3 server directly into MIME strings.
    ' If you are downloading and saving digitally signed email to .eml files,
    ' they must be downloaded in this way.  Otherwise the digital signature
    ' will not be verified by Outlook or Thunderbird when opening the .eml.
    
    Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan2
    mailman.UnlockComponent "Anything for 30-day trial"

    ' Set our mail host and login
    mailman.MailHost = "mail.chilkatsoft.com"
    mailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
    mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"
    
    ' Get the UIDLs for the email on the POP3 server (in our user account)
    Dim uidls As CkStringArray
    Set uidls = mailman.GetUidls()
    
    Dim mimeMessages As CkStringArray
    Set mimeMessages = mailman.FetchMultipleMime(uidls)
    
    For i = 0 To mimeMessages.Count - 1
        mimeMessages.SaveNthToFile i, "myEml/mime_" & Str(i) & ".eml"
    Next
    
    MsgBox "Finished!"