(C) Process Large POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates how to read email from a mailbox that may contain a large number of emails.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkMailMan mailman;
    HCkStringTable stUidls;
    HCkEmail email;
    int count;
    int i;
    const char *uidl;

    success = FALSE;

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

    mailman = CkMailMan_Create();

    CkMailMan_putMailHost(mailman,"pop.example.com");

    CkMailMan_putPopUsername(mailman,"myLogin");
    CkMailMan_putPopPassword(mailman,"myPassword");

    CkMailMan_putMailPort(mailman,995);
    CkMailMan_putPopSsl(mailman,TRUE);

    // Get the list of UIDLs for all emails in the mailbox.
    stUidls = CkStringTable_Create();
    success = CkMailMan_FetchUidls(mailman,stUidls);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        CkStringTable_Dispose(stUidls);
        return;
    }

    // Download each email by UIDL.
    email = CkEmail_Create();

    count = CkStringTable_getCount(stUidls);
    i = 0;
    while (i < count) {
        // Download the full email.
        uidl = CkStringTable_stringAt(stUidls,i);
        success = CkMailMan_FetchByUidl(mailman,uidl,FALSE,0,email);
        if (success == FALSE) {
            printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
            CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
            CkStringTable_Dispose(stUidls);
            CkEmail_Dispose(email);
            return;
        }

        printf("%d\n",i);
        printf("UIDL: %s\n",uidl);
        printf("From: %s\n",CkEmail_ck_from(email));
        printf("Subject: %s\n",CkEmail_subject(email));

        i = i + 1;
    }

    CkMailMan_Pop3EndSession(mailman);


    CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
    CkStringTable_Dispose(stUidls);
    CkEmail_Dispose(email);

    }