C

POP3 FetchAll Example

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Demonstrates downloading email from a POP3 server via FetchAll (using pop3.live.com). Make sure to enable POP3 access for your HotMail account (or any other type of account if POP3 access is not enabled by default). C

#include <C_CkMailMan.h>
#include <C_CkEmailBundle.h>
#include <C_CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkMailMan mailman;
    HCkEmailBundle bundle;
    BOOL keepOnServer;
    BOOL headersOnly;
    int numBodyLines;
    int numEmails;
    int i;
    HCkEmail email;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    mailman = CkMailMan_Create();

    // Connection settings for pop3.live.com (or pop-mail.outlook.com, both should work)
    CkMailMan_putMailHost(mailman,"pop3.live.com");

    CkMailMan_putPopUsername(mailman,"my_account@live.com");
    CkMailMan_putPopPassword(mailman,"my_live.com_password");
    CkMailMan_putMailPort(mailman,995);
    CkMailMan_putPopSsl(mailman,TRUE);

    // WARNING: FetchAll is only a reasonable choice if it is already know that not
    // to many emails are present on the server.  FetchAll is a poor choice if a huge number
    // of emails exist.  It is better to download individually or in batches.
    bundle = CkEmailBundle_Create();
    keepOnServer = TRUE;
    headersOnly = FALSE;
    // Irrelevent because we are not downloading headers-only
    numBodyLines = 0;
    success = CkMailMan_FetchAll(mailman,keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        CkEmailBundle_Dispose(bundle);
        return;
    }

    // Iterate over the bundle and examine each email..
    numEmails = CkEmailBundle_getMessageCount(bundle);
    i = 0;
    email = CkEmail_Create();
    while (i < numEmails) {
        CkEmailBundle_EmailAt(bundle,i,email);
        printf("From: %s\n",CkEmail_ck_from(email));
        printf("Subject: %s\n",CkEmail_subject(email));
        printf("--\n");
        i = i + 1;
    }

    // Examine the POP3 session log:
    printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_pop3SessionLog(mailman));

    // End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
    CkMailMan_Pop3EndSession(mailman);

    printf("-- Finished.\n");

    // The output of this program:

    // 	**** Connected to pop3.live.com:995
    // 	< +OK DUB006-POP62 POP3 server ready
    // 	> USER chilkat@live.com
    // 	< +OK password required
    // 	> PASS ****
    // 	< +OK User successfully authenticated. [AuthResult=0 Proxy=CY1PR17MB0630.namprd17.prod.outlook.com:1995:SSL]
    // 	> STAT
    // 	< +OK 23 914026
    // 	> LIST
    // 	< +OK 23 914026
    // 	1 50828
    // 	2 49862
    // 	3 142837
    // 	4 61466
    // 	5 40805
    // 	6 39992
    // 	7 61358
    // 	8 18431
    // 	9 122577
    // 	10 20322
    // 	11 24274
    // 	12 24367
    // 	13 22860
    // 	14 10136
    // 	15 35379
    // 	16 30916
    // 	17 19800
    // 	18 14941
    // 	19 16883
    // 	20 15151
    // 	21 20198
    // 	22 28108
    // 	23 42535
    // 	.
    // 	> UIDL
    // 	< +OK
    // 	< +OK
    // 	1 2291
    // 	2 2591
    // 	3 3062
    // 	4 3063
    // 	5 3064
    // 	6 3065
    // 	7 3066
    // 	8 3067
    // 	9 3068
    // 	10 3069
    // 	11 3070
    // 	12 3071
    // 	13 3072
    // 	14 3073
    // 	15 3074
    // 	16 3075
    // 	17 3076
    // 	18 3077
    // 	19 3078
    // 	20 3079
    // 	21 3080
    // 	22 3081
    // 	23 3405
    // 	.
    // 	> RETR 1
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 2
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 3
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 4
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 5
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 6
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 7
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 8
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 9
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 10
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 11
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 12
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 13
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 14
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 15
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 16
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 17
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 18
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 19
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 20
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 21
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 22
    // 	< +OK
    // 	> RETR 23
    // 	< +OK
    // 
    // 	-- Finished.
    // 


    CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
    CkEmailBundle_Dispose(bundle);
    CkEmail_Dispose(email);

    }