Read Gmail POP3 Mailbox

Reads the header for each email in a GMail POP3 mailbox and displays the FROM and SUBJECT header fields. In your GMail "Forwarding and POP" settings, be sure to select "When messages are accessed with POP keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox".

Download Chilkat Email ActiveX for POP3 / SMTP

' The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
' and sending (SMTP) email.
Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan2

' Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
Dim success As Integer
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox "Component unlock failed"
    Exit Sub
End If

' Set the GMail account POP3 properties.
mailman.MailHost = "pop.gmail.com"
mailman.PopUsername = "****"
mailman.PopPassword = "****"
mailman.PopSsl = 1
mailman.MailPort = 995

Dim bundle As ChilkatEmailBundle2
' Read mail headers and one line of the body.
' To get the full emails, call CopyMail instead (no arguments)
Set bundle = mailman.GetAllHeaders(1)

If (bundle Is Nothing ) Then
    MsgBox mailman.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim i As Integer
Dim email As ChilkatEmail2
For i = 0 To bundle.MessageCount - 1
    Set email = bundle.GetEmail(i)

    ' Display the From email address and the subject.
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & email.From & vbCrLf
    Text1.Refresh
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & email.Subject & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
    Text1.Refresh

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