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B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Read a POP3 Mailbox

Read a POP3 mailbox and display the FROM and SUBJECT header fields of each email.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  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.
Dim mailman As ChilkatMailMan
mailman.Initialize("mailman")

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

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

'  Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox 
'  into a bundle object.  The email remains on the server.
Dim bundle As ChilkatEmailBundle
bundle.Initialize
Dim keepOnServer As Boolean = True
Dim headersOnly As Boolean = False
'  Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
Dim numBodyLines As Int = 0
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer, headersOnly, numBodyLines, bundle)
If success = False Then
    Log(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim i As Int = 0
Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize
Do While i < bundle.MessageCount
    bundle.EmailAt(i, email)

    Log("From: " & email.From)
    Log("Subject: " & email.Subject)

    i = i + 1
Loop

success = mailman.Pop3EndSession