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Read a POP3 Mailbox

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

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Chilkat2 Java
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Email;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.EmailBundle;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.MailMan;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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.
        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");

        // Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox
        // into a bundle object.  The email remains on the server.
        EmailBundle bundle = new EmailBundle();
        boolean keepOnServer = true;
        boolean headersOnly = false;
        // Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
        int numBodyLines = 0;
        try {
            mailman.fetchAll(keepOnServer, headersOnly, numBodyLines, bundle);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        int i = 0;
        Email email = new Email();
        while (i < bundle.getMessageCount()) {
            bundle.emailAt(i, email);

            System.out.println("From: " + email.getFrom());
            System.out.println("Subject: " + email.getSubject());

            i = i + 1;
        }

        mailman.pop3EndSession();
    }
}