Xojo Plugin

Process Large POP3 Mailbox

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

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan

mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"

mailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

mailman.MailPort = 995
mailman.PopSsl = True

// Get the list of UIDLs for all emails in the mailbox.
Dim stUidls As New Chilkat.StringTable
success = mailman.FetchUidls(stUidls)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Download each email by UIDL.
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email

Dim count As Int32
count = stUidls.Count
Dim i As Int32
i = 0
While i < count
    // Download the full email.
    Dim uidl As String
    uidl = stUidls.StringAt(i)
    success = mailman.FetchByUidl(uidl,False,0,email)
    If (success = False) Then
        System.DebugLog(mailman.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If

    System.DebugLog(Str(i))
    System.DebugLog("UIDL: " + uidl)
    System.DebugLog("From: " + email.From)
    System.DebugLog("Subject: " + email.Subject)

    i = i + 1
Wend

success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()