Java

Download POP3 Email to MIME

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

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3) 
    // and sending (SMTP) email.
    CkMailMan mailman = new CkMailMan();

    // Set the POP3 server's hostname
    mailman.put_MailHost("pop.example.com");

    // Set the POP3 login/password.
    mailman.put_PopUsername("myLogin");
    mailman.put_PopPassword("myPassword");

    // First, get the complete set of UIDLs for the email in the POP3 mailbox:
    CkStringTable stUidls = new CkStringTable();
    success = mailman.FetchUidls(stUidls);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Download each email as MIME.
    // If desired, the MIME can be loaded into an email object.
    CkBinData bdMime = new CkBinData();
    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();

    int count = stUidls.get_Count();
    int i = 0;
    while (i < count) {
        success = mailman.FetchMimeBd(stUidls.stringAt(i),bdMime);
        if (success == false) {
            System.out.println(mailman.lastErrorText());
            return;
            }

        email.SetFromMimeBd(bdMime);
        System.out.println("From: " + email.ck_from());
        System.out.println("Subject: " + email.subject());

        i = i+1;
        }
  }
}