(Visual Basic 6.0) POP3 SSL - Read POP3 Email over TLS/SSL on Port 995

Demonstrates how to connect via TLS/SSL to a POP3 server and read email. This assumes that the POP3 server supports SSL.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

' This example requires 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.
Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan

' Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost = "pop.gmail.com"

' Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername = "****@gmail.com"
mailman.PopPassword = "****"

' Indicate that we want TLS/SSL.  Also, set the port to 995:
mailman.MailPort = 995
mailman.PopSsl = 1

Dim bundle As New ChilkatEmailBundle
Dim keepOnServer As Long
keepOnServer = 1
Dim headersOnly As Long
headersOnly = 0
' Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
Dim numBodyLines As Long
numBodyLines = 0
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print mailman.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim email As New ChilkatEmail
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Do While i < bundle.MessageCount
    success = bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

    ' Display the From email address and the subject.
    Debug.Print "From: " & email.From
    Debug.Print "Subject: " & email.Subject
    i = i + 1
Loop