Dart Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Read a POP3 Mailbox

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

import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // 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.
  final mailman = CkMailMan();

  // 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.
  final bundle = CkEmailBundle();
  final keepOnServer = true;
  final headersOnly = false;
  // Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
  final numBodyLines = 0;
  try {
    mailman.fetchAll(keepOnServer, headersOnly, numBodyLines, bundle);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  var i = 0;
  final email = CkEmail();
  while (i < bundle.messageCount) {
    bundle.emailAt(i, email);

    print('From: ${email.from}');
    print('Subject: ${email.subject}');

    i++;
  }

  mailman.pop3EndSession();
}