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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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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  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.
Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan

'  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.
Dim bundle As New Chilkat.EmailBundle
Dim keepOnServer As Boolean = True
Dim headersOnly As Boolean = True
Dim numBodyLines As Integer = 1
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
Dim i As Integer = 0
While i < bundle.MessageCount
    bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

    '  Display the From email address and the subject.
    Debug.WriteLine("From: " & email.From)
    Debug.WriteLine("Subject: " & email.Subject)

    i = i + 1
End While