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Read All Email from POP3 Inbox by Message Numbers

Demonstrates how to read all of the email from a POP3 inbox by fetching each email by it's message number.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Email;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.MailMan;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        MailMan mailman = new MailMan();

        // Set the POP3 server's hostname
        mailman.setMailHost("pop.example.com");

        // Set the POP3 login/password.
        mailman.setPopUsername("myLogin");
        mailman.setPopPassword("myPassword");

        // Get the number of messages in the mailbox.
        int numMessages = mailman.getMailboxCount();

        // Message numbers are specific to a POP3 session.
        // If a maildrop (i.e. inbox)  contains 10 messages,
        // the message numbers will be 1, 2, 3, ... 10.
        // If message number 1 is deleted and a new POP3 session
        // is established, there will be 9 messages numbered 1, 2, 3, ... 9.

        int i = 1;

        Email email = new Email();
        while (i <= numMessages) {
            // Fetch by the message number (not by the UIDL)
            try {
                mailman.fetchOne(false, 0, i, email);
            } catch (ChilkatException e) {
                System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
                return;
            }

            System.out.println(email.getFrom() + ": " + email.getSubject() + "\n");

            i = i + 1;
        }
    }
}