Read a POP3 Mailbox

Read a POP3 mailbox and display the FROM and SUBJECT header fields of each email.

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 POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost = "mail.chilkatsoft.com"

' Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername = "****"
mailman.PopPassword = "****"

Dim bundle As ChilkatEmailBundle2
' Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox
' into a bundle object.  The email remains on the server.
Set bundle = mailman.CopyMail()

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)
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & email.From & vbCrLf
    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & email.Subject & vbCrLf & vbCrLf

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