Perl

Process Large POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates how to read email from a mailbox that may contain a large number of emails. Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$mailman = chilkat::CkMailMan->new();

$mailman->put_MailHost("pop.example.com");

$mailman->put_PopUsername("myLogin");
$mailman->put_PopPassword("myPassword");

$mailman->put_MailPort(995);
$mailman->put_PopSsl(1);

# Get the list of UIDLs for all emails in the mailbox.
$stUidls = chilkat::CkStringTable->new();
$success = $mailman->FetchUidls($stUidls);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Download each email by UIDL.
$email = chilkat::CkEmail->new();

$count = $stUidls->get_Count();
$i = 0;
while ($i < $count) {
    # Download the full email.
    $uidl = $stUidls->stringAt($i);
    $success = $mailman->FetchByUidl($uidl,0,0,$email);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
        exit;
    }

    print $i . "\r\n";
    print "UIDL: " . $uidl . "\r\n";
    print "From: " . $email->ck_from() . "\r\n";
    print "Subject: " . $email->subject() . "\r\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

$mailman->Pop3EndSession();