(MFC) 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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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkMailMan.h>
#include <CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkMailMan mailman;

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

    // Set the POP3 login/password.
    mailman.put_PopUsername("myLogin");
    mailman.put_PopPassword("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 = 0;

    CkEmail *email = 0;
    while (i < numMessages) {

        email = mailman.FetchByMsgnum(i);
        if (mailman.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
            strOut.append(mailman.lastErrorText());
            strOut.append("\r\n");
            SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
            return;
        }

        strOut.append(email->ck_from());
        strOut.append(": ");
        strOut.append(email->subject());
        strOut.append("\n");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        delete email;

        i = i + 1;

    }



    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }