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Read All Email from POP3 Inbox by Message Numbers

Demonstrates how to read all of the email from a POP3 inbox by fetching each email by it's message number.

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C
#include <C_CkMailMan.h>
#include <C_CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkMailMan mailman;
    int numMessages;
    int i;
    HCkEmail email;

    success = FALSE;

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

    mailman = CkMailMan_Create();

    // Set the POP3 server's hostname
    CkMailMan_putMailHost(mailman,"pop.example.com");

    // Set the POP3 login/password.
    CkMailMan_putPopUsername(mailman,"myLogin");
    CkMailMan_putPopPassword(mailman,"myPassword");

    // Get the number of messages in the mailbox.
    numMessages = CkMailMan_GetMailboxCount(mailman);

    // Message numbers are specific to a POP3 session. 
    // If a maildrop (i.e. inbox)  contains 10 messages, 
    // the message numbers will be 1, 2, 3, ... 10. 
    // If message number 1 is deleted and a new POP3 session 
    // is established, there will be 9 messages numbered 1, 2, 3, ... 9. 

    i = 1;

    email = CkEmail_Create();
    while (i <= numMessages) {
        // Fetch by the message number (not by the UIDL)
        success = CkMailMan_FetchOne(mailman,FALSE,0,i,email);
        if (success == FALSE) {
            printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
            CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
            CkEmail_Dispose(email);
            return;
        }

        printf("%s: %s\n\n",CkEmail_ck_from(email),CkEmail_subject(email));

        i = i + 1;
    }



    CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
    CkEmail_Dispose(email);

    }