Download Email from a POP3 Server

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VB.NET source code to download email from a POP3 server.

textBox1.Text = ""

' Create a mailman object for reading email.
Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan()

'  Any string passed to UnlockComponent automatically begins a 30-day trial.
Dim success As Boolean
success = mailman.UnlockComponent("Hello World")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

' Set our POP3 hostname, login and password
mailman.MailHost = "mail.chilkatsoft.com"
mailman.PopUsername = "login"
mailman.PopPassword = "password"

' Connecting via SSL is possible by adding these lines:
'mailman.PopSsl = true;
' Set the POP3 port to 995, the standard MS Exchange Server SSL POP3 port.
'mailman.MailPort = 995;
' Download email from the POP3 server by calling TransferMail
Dim bundle As Chilkat.EmailBundle

' WARNING - TransferMail() Deletes all transfered mail from the server.
' bundle = mailman.TransferMail()
' CopyMail() will leave it on the server
bundle = mailman.CopyMail()

If bundle Is Nothing Then
   MessageBox.Show(mailman.LastErrorText)
   Return
End If

Dim i As Integer
Dim n As Integer = bundle.MessageCount
For i = 0 To n - 1
   Dim email As Chilkat.Email = bundle.GetEmail(i)
   
   textBox1.Text = textBox1.Text + email.From + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf
   textBox1.Text = textBox1.Text + email.Subject + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf
   textBox1.Text = textBox1.Text + email.Body + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf + "****" + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf
Next i

Important: The download for this example does not contain the ChilkatDotNet.dll which
must be downloaded and installed separately at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads.asp.
Once installed, add a reference to the DLL in the project by following the instructions at
http://www.example-code.com/vbdotnet/step2.asp