Download POP3 Email to MIME Strings

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

Download Chilkat .NET for 2.0 / 3.5 Framework

Download Chilkat .NET for 1.0 / 1.1 Framework

'  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
'  and sending (SMTP) email.
Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan()

'  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
Dim success As Boolean
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox("Component unlock failed")
    Exit Sub
End If


'  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:
Dim saUidls As Chilkat.StringArray
saUidls = mailman.GetUidls()
If (saUidls Is Nothing ) Then
    MsgBox(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Download the email as MIME strings (no parsing of the MIME)
Dim saMime As Chilkat.StringArray
saMime = mailman.FetchMultipleMime(saUidls)
If (saMime Is Nothing ) Then
    MsgBox(mailman.LastErrorText)

    Exit Sub
End If




'  MIME strings may be loaded into email objects:
Dim i As Long
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email()
For i = 0 To saMime.Count - 1
    email.SetFromMimeText(saMime.GetString(i))
    TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & email.From & vbCrLf
    TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & email.Subject _
         & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
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