(CkPython) Transition from MailMan.FetchEmail to MailMan.FetchByUidl

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated FetchEmail method calls with FetchByUidl.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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import sys
import chilkat

mailman = chilkat.CkMailMan()

# ...
# ...

uidl = "123"

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The FetchEmail method is deprecated:

# emailObj is a CkEmail
emailObj = mailman.FetchEmail(uidl)
if (mailman.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
    print(mailman.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# ...
# ...

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Do the equivalent using FetchByUidl.
# Your application creates a new, empty Email object which is passed 
# in the last argument and filled upon success.

headerOnly = False
# Irrelevant because we are not downloading headers-only.
numBodyLines = 0

emailOut = chilkat.CkEmail()
success = mailman.FetchByUidl(uidl,headerOnly,numBodyLines,emailOut)
if (success == False):
    print(mailman.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()