Classic ASP

Number of Messages in a POP3 Mailbox

Get the number of messages in a POP3 mailbox.

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Classic ASP

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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<%
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

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

' Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"

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

' Get the number of messages in the mailbox.
numMessages = mailman.GetMailboxCount()
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( numMessages) & "</pre>"

%>
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