Retrieve UIDL's from POP3 Server

Retrieve a list of UIDLs from a POP3 server. A UIDL is an identifier consisting of 1 to 70 characters in the range 0x21 to 0x7E, which uniquely identifies a messages within a mailbox and persists across sessions.

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import sys
import chilkat

#  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
#  and sending (SMTP) email.
mailman = chilkat.CkMailMan()

#  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print "Component unlock failed"
    sys.exit()

#  Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.put_MailHost("mail.chilkatsoft.com")

#  Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.put_PopUsername("matt@chilkatsoft.com")
mailman.put_PopPassword("****")

sa = mailman.GetUidls()

n = sa.get_Count()

for i in range(0,n):
    print sa.getString(i)