Read Mail Headers

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This ASP script shows how to read email headers (summary information) from an IMAP server.

<html>
<head>
<title>IMAP Fetch Headers</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
' ASP Script to Read IMAP Email Headers
set imap = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Imap")

' Any value passed to UnlockComponent begins the 30-day trial.
unlocked = imap.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
if unlocked then

	' Connect to the IMAP server and login
	' Returns 0 if failed, but for the example we are not handling it.
	' Extended error information is available in the
	' imap.LastErrorHtml property
	success = imap.Connect("localhost")
	success = imap.Login("chilkat","chilkat")
	
	' Select a mailbox for reading.
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
    
    ' Get all the messages
    Set msgSet = imap.Search("ALL", 1)

    ' Fetch all the mail into a bundle object.
    Set bundle = imap.FetchHeaders(msgSet)
    
    ' Loop over the bundle and display the From and Subject.
    Response.write "<table>"
    For i = 0 To bundle.MessageCount - 1
        Set email = bundle.GetEmail(i)
        
        Response.write "<tr>"
        Response.write "<td>" & Left(email.FromName,40) & "</td>"
        Response.write "<td>" & email.FromAddress & "</td>"
        Response.write "<td>" & email.LocalDate & "</td>"
        Response.write "<td>" & Left(email.Subject, 40) & "</td>"
        Response.write "<td>" & email.NumAttachments & "</td>"
        
        Response.write "</tr>"
    Next
    Response.write "</table>"
	
	imap.Logout
	imap.Disconnect
	
end if

%>
</body>
</html>

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