Read Gmail POP3 Mailbox

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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".

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

' The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3)
' and sending (SMTP) email.
set mailman = CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan2")

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

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

' 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
    WScript.Quit
End If

For i = 0 To bundle.MessageCount - 1
    Set email = bundle.GetEmail(i)

    ' Display the From email address and the subject.
    outFile.WriteLine(email.From)
    outFile.WriteLine(email.Subject & vbCrLf)

Next


outFile.Close