Objective-C

Check the Number of Messages in a POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.CheckMail method, which returns the number of messages currently available in the POP3 mailbox, or -1 if an error occurs. If no POP3 session is active, Chilkat connects and authenticates automatically using the configured settings. This example configures the POP3 connection and checks the message count.

Background: POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) is the classic protocol for downloading mail from a server to a client. A client connects, authenticates with a username and password, and can then list, retrieve, or delete messages. Modern connections use implicit TLS on port 995 (PopSsl = true). CheckMail is a quick way to ask "how many messages are waiting?" without downloading any of them.

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#import <CkoMailMan.h>

//  Demonstrates the MailMan.CheckMail method, which returns the number of messages currently
//  available in the POP3 mailbox (or -1 if an error occurs).  If no POP3 session is active,
//  Chilkat connects and authenticates automatically using the configured settings.

CkoMailMan *mailman = [[CkoMailMan alloc] init];

//  Configure the POP3 server connection.
mailman.MailHost = @"pop.example.com";
mailman.MailPort = [NSNumber numberWithInt:995];
mailman.PopSsl = YES;
mailman.PopUsername = @"user@example.com";
mailman.PopPassword = @"myPassword";

//  Check the mailbox.  A return value of -1 indicates an error.
int numMessages = [[mailman CheckMail] intValue];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Number of messages in the mailbox: ",numMessages);

//  Note: Explicitly connecting/authenticating is optional.  Chilkat MailMan automatically
//  connects and authenticates -- using the property settings above -- whenever a server
//  operation requires it.  Calling the explicit connect/authenticate methods can still be
//  helpful to determine whether a failure occurs while connecting or while authenticating.