Receiving Attachements with Delphi?

[wheatus]

Hi,
i got a little problem with nmpop3.
i have a pop3 account and i want download the attachment from my email. and just the attachment.
but if i type in:
NMPOP31.GetMailMessage(1);
i get the attachment AND temp1.mme.
the temp1.mme is bigger than the attachment and that sucks.

does anyone know how i get JUST the attachment from an email

hopefully
wheatus

 

[TonHu]

Wheatus,

The attachment is UU-Encoded or Mime-Encoded inside the message and then transferred to your local PC. These are both formats that allow hacking off the 8th bit from a byte, without loosing any information. This also implies that any file sent by e-mail gets a 'fat' skin of 12% added, just to transfer. This ...-encoded stuff is decoded to the original attachment by the nmpop3 component, so that's why you got both files. Btw, set the AttachFilePath property to some meaningfull place, like the \attach\ dir under your app dir, and the file will be all you 'see', as the mme *should* be removed automatically, with the exit of your app. If it doesn't, blame it on the buggy FastNet components, they are known to have a lot of nasty bugs! A good, and free alternative, but different in use and implementation, is Indy, with version 8 included with Delphi 6, and version 9 comming, on their (indy)website

http://www.pbe.com/winshoes

(that's the old name, and probably website, but it will get you there)

HTH,
TonHu