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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#include <CkImap.h>
#include <CkStringArray.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkImap imap;

    bool success;

    //  Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
    success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Connect to an IMAP server.
    success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  The NumMessages property contains the number of messages in the selected mailbox.
    long numToFetch;
    numToFetch = imap.get_NumMessages();
    //  Download all the email in the Inbox.
    CkStringArray *sa = 0;
    sa = imap.FetchSequenceAsMime(1,numToFetch);
    if (sa == 0 ) {
        printf("%s\n",imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Loop over the MIME strings contained within sa:
    long i;
    for (i = 0; i <= sa->get_Count() - 1; i++) {
        const char * strMime;
        strMime = sa->getString(i);

        //  Now you have the MIME source of this email...
    }

    delete sa;

    //  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    imap.Disconnect();


    }