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(SQL Server) POP3: Download Most Recent Email (method 2)How to ready the N most recent email from a POP3 server. The POP3 protocol does not provide the ability to request the most recent email, nor does it provide the ability to download email based on read/unread status or any other criteria. The design principle behind POP3 is that it is a temporary holding store for incoming email and email clients or other applications will transfer email from the POP3 server to a local persistent store where it will be managed. Therefore, POP3 does not provide sophisticated functionality (as opposed to IMAP which has the opposite design philosophy: that email is maintained and organized on the server). This example shows one possible way to retrieve the N most recent emails from a POP3 server. It downloads the complete list of UIDLs and then downloads the last N into a bundle object. It assumes that the UIDLs will be returned by the POP3 server ordered by date such that the 1st email in the UIDL list is the oldest, and the last email is the newest. Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.
-- 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 -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max). See the warning about using nvarchar(max). DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000) DECLARE @success int SELECT @success = 0 -- 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. DECLARE @mailman int EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MailMan', @mailman OUT IF @hr <> 0 BEGIN PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component' RETURN END -- Set the POP3 server's hostname EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'MailHost', 'pop.example.com' -- Set the POP3 login/password. EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'PopUsername', 'bob@example.com' EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'PopPassword', '****' -- Get the complete list of UIDLs DECLARE @stUidls int EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringTable', @stUidls OUT EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'FetchUidls', @success OUT, @stUidls IF @success = 0 BEGIN EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT PRINT @sTmp0 EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @stUidls RETURN END -- Get the 10 most recent UIDLs -- The 1st email is the oldest, the last email is the newest (usually) DECLARE @startIdx int SELECT @startIdx = 0 DECLARE @n int EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @stUidls, 'Count', @n OUT IF @n = 0 BEGIN PRINT 'No email in the inbox.' EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @stUidls RETURN END DECLARE @count int SELECT @count = 10 IF @n > 10 BEGIN SELECT @startIdx = @n - 10 END ELSE BEGIN SELECT @startIdx = 0 END DECLARE @stUidls2 int EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringTable', @stUidls2 OUT DECLARE @endIdx int SELECT @endIdx = @n - 1 DECLARE @i int SELECT @i = @startIdx WHILE @i <= @endIdx BEGIN EXEC sp_OAMethod @stUidls, 'StringAt', @sTmp0 OUT, @i EXEC sp_OAMethod @stUidls2, 'Append', @success OUT, @sTmp0 SELECT @i = @i + 1 END -- Download in full the 10 most recent emails: DECLARE @bundle int EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.EmailBundle', @bundle OUT DECLARE @headersOnly int SELECT @headersOnly = 0 -- numBodyLines is ignored when fetching full emails. DECLARE @numBodyLines int SELECT @numBodyLines = 0 EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'FetchUidlSet', @success OUT, @stUidls2, @headersOnly, @numBodyLines, @bundle IF @success = 0 BEGIN EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT PRINT @sTmp0 EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @stUidls EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @stUidls2 EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bundle RETURN END DECLARE @email int EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT SELECT @i = 0 EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @bundle, 'MessageCount', @iTmp0 OUT WHILE @i < @iTmp0 BEGIN EXEC sp_OAMethod @bundle, 'EmailAt', @success OUT, @i, @email EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'From', @sTmp0 OUT PRINT @sTmp0 EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @email, 'Subject', @sTmp0 OUT PRINT @sTmp0 PRINT '----' SELECT @i = @i + 1 END EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @stUidls EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @stUidls2 EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bundle EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email END GO |
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