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.

Download Chilkat Email ActiveX for POP3 / SMTP

CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    --  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
    --  and sending (SMTP) email.
    DECLARE @mailman int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MailMan2', @mailman OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    --  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
    DECLARE @success int

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'UnlockComponent', @success OUT, '30-day trial'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        PRINT 'Component unlock failed'
        RETURN
      END

    --  Set the POP3 server's hostname
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'MailHost', 'mail.chilkatsoft.com'

    --  Set the POP3 login/password.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'PopUsername', 'matt@chilkatsoft.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'PopPassword', '****'

    DECLARE @sa int

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'GetUidls', @sa OUT
    DECLARE @i int

    DECLARE @n int

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @sa, 'Count', @n OUT

    SELECT @i = 0
    WHILE @i <= @n - 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sa, 'GetString', @sTmp0 OUT, @i
        PRINT @sTmp0
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END


END
GO