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#

bool success = false;

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

Chilkat.MailMan mailman = new Chilkat.MailMan();

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

mailman.PopUsername = "my_account@live.com";
mailman.PopPassword = "my_live.com_password";
mailman.MailPort = 995;
mailman.PopSsl = 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.
Chilkat.EmailBundle bundle = new Chilkat.EmailBundle();
bool keepOnServer = true;
bool headersOnly = false;
// Irrelevent because we are not downloading headers-only
int numBodyLines = 0;
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Iterate over the bundle and examine each email..
int numEmails = bundle.MessageCount;
int i = 0;
Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.Email();
while (i < numEmails) {
    bundle.EmailAt(i,email);
    Debug.WriteLine("From: " + email.From);
    Debug.WriteLine("Subject: " + email.Subject);
    Debug.WriteLine("--");
    i = i + 1;
}

// Examine the POP3 session log:
Debug.WriteLine(mailman.Pop3SessionLog);

// End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
mailman.Pop3EndSession();

Debug.WriteLine("-- Finished.");

// 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.
//