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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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

'  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
'  and sending (SMTP) email.
set mailman = CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan2")

'  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox "Component unlock failed"
    WScript.Quit
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:

Set saUidls = mailman.GetUidls()
If (saUidls Is Nothing ) Then
    MsgBox mailman.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

Set saMime = mailman.FetchMultipleMime(saUidls)
If (saMime Is Nothing ) Then
    MsgBox mailman.LastErrorText

    WScript.Quit
End If

'  MIME strings may be loaded into email objects:

set email = CreateObject("Chilkat.Email2")
For i = 0 To saMime.Count - 1
    email.SetFromMimeText saMime.GetString(i)
    outFile.WriteLine(email.From)
    outFile.WriteLine(email.Subject & vbCrLf)
Next


outFile.Close