(Classic ASP) Retrieve UIDL's from POP3 Server

Retrieve a list of UIDLs from a POP3 server. UIDLs are unique identifiers, 1 to 70 characters long, composed of characters ranging from 0x21 to 0x7E. These identifiers uniquely distinguish messages within a mailbox and remain consistent across sessions.

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

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<%
success = 0

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

set mailman = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"

mailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

mailman.MailPort = 995
mailman.PopSsl = 1

set stUidls = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringTable")
success = mailman.FetchUidls(stUidls)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mailman.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Download each email by UIDL.
set email = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")

count = stUidls.Count
i = 0
Do While i < count
    ' Download the full email.
    uidl = stUidls.StringAt(i)
    success = mailman.FetchByUidl(uidl,0,0,email)
    If (success = 0) Then
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mailman.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
        Response.End
    End If

    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( i) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "UIDL: " & uidl) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "From: " & email.From) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Subject: " & email.Subject) & "</pre>"

    i = i + 1
Loop

success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()

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