VMime: C++ Mail Library

Hi VMime users!

Let's focus today on a new feature in VMime 0.9. Until now, when you wanted to "explore" the contents of a vmime::net::message (that is, a message hosted on a IMAP or a POP3 store), you had to extract it entirely, or to use low-level fetch() and extract() functions on the message object.

Since the current development release of May 18th, there is a new helper function that will let you access the remote message like a "normal" vmime::message, and actually download the message data only when it is required (this only works for IMAP).

   // Connect to the IMAP store
   vmime::ref <vmime::net::session> sess = vmime::create <vmime::net::session>();

   vmime::utility::url storeURL("imap://username:password@imap.example.com");

   vmime::ref <vmime::net::store> store = sess->getStore(storeURL);
   store->connect();

   // Open the INBOX
   vmime::ref <vmime::net::folder> folder = store->getDefaultFolder();
   folder->open(vmime::net::folder::MODE_READ_WRITE);

   // Get the first message in the INBOX
   vmime::ref <vmime::net::message> msg = f->getMessage(1);

   // Construct the parsed message (a few data, header and structure,
   // is actually downloaded from the IMAP server)
   vmime::ref <vmime::message> parsedMsg = msg->getParsedMessage();

   // Here, extract() will actually download message data from the server
   vmime::utility::outputStreamAdapter out(std::cout);
   parsedMsg->getBody()->extract(out);

That's all folks! Update your source tree to the latest SVN head to enjoy this new feature.

VMime 0.9.0 autoconf build process uses the libgnutls-config script to search for GNU TLS (by using AM_PATH_LIBGNUTLS). This script is deprecated and not shipped in gnutls 2.8.0 and later; pkg-config should now be used. Andreas Metzler provided a patch for fixing this.