(SQL Server) Retrieve UIDL's from POP3 Server

Retrieve a list of UIDLs from a POP3 server. A UIDL is an identifier consisting of 1 to 70 characters in the range 0x21 to 0x7E, which uniquely identifies a messages within a mailbox and persists across sessions.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

// Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
//
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @mailman int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.MailMan', @mailman OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'MailHost', 'pop.example.com'

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'PopUsername', 'myLogin'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'PopPassword', 'myPassword'

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'MailPort', 995
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'PopSsl', 1

    DECLARE @sa int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'GetUidls', @sa OUT
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        RETURN
      END

    -- Download each email by UIDL.
    DECLARE @uidl nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    DECLARE @numUidls int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @sa, 'Count', @numUidls OUT
    WHILE @i < @numUidls
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sa, 'GetString', @uidl OUT, @i

        PRINT @uidl
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sa


    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman


END
GO