Read POP3 Email and Delete Bounced Emails

Download Chilkat Email ActiveX

Download Chilkat Bounce ActiveX

VBScript to read POP3 email and delete each email that is a bounce.

set mailman = CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan2")
mailman.UnlockComponent "30-day trial"

mailman.MailHost = "mail.chilkatsoft.com"
mailman.PopUsername = "mylogin"
mailman.PopPassword = "mypassword"

set bounce = CreateObject("ChilkatBounce.ChilkatBounce")
bounce.UnlockComponent "30-day trial"

' Read the email, but do not delete anything
set bundle = mailman.CopyMail()
numEmails = bundle.MessageCount

for i = 0 to numEmails-1
	set email = bundle.GetEmail(i)

	' Check to see if it is a bounced email.
	bounce.ExamineMail(email)
	
	' Bounce types documented at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/refdoc/xChilkatBounceRef.html
	if (bounce.BounceType <> 0) then
		' Display the bounced email' subject, 
		' and then delete the mail from the POP3 server.
		MsgBox email.Subject
		mailman.DeleteEmail email
	end if
next

MsgBox "Finished!"