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Read POP3 Mail Headers

Reads the header for each email in a POP3 mailbox and display the FROM and SUBJECT header fields.

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Objective-C
#import <CkoMailMan.h>
#import <CkoEmailBundle.h>
#import <CkoEmail.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

//  Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost = @"pop.example.com";

//  Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername = @"****";
mailman.PopPassword = @"****";

//  Read mail headers and one line of the body.
CkoEmailBundle *bundle = [[CkoEmailBundle alloc] init];
BOOL keepOnServer = YES;
BOOL headersOnly = YES;
int numBodyLines = 1;
success = [mailman FetchAll: keepOnServer headersOnly: headersOnly numBodyLines: [NSNumber numberWithInt: numBodyLines] bundle: bundle];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

CkoEmail *email = [[CkoEmail alloc] init];
int i = 0;
while (i < [bundle.MessageCount intValue]) {
    [bundle EmailAt: [NSNumber numberWithInt: i] email: email];

    //  Display the From email address and the subject.
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"From: ",email.From);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Subject: ",email.Subject);

    i = i + 1;
}