(Classic ASP) Read a POP3 Mailbox

Read a POP3 mailbox and display the FROM and SUBJECT header fields of each email.

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

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<html>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<%
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.
set mailman = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

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

' Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

' Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox 
' into a bundle object.  The email remains on the server.
set bundle = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.EmailBundle")
keepOnServer = 1
headersOnly = 0
' Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
numBodyLines = 0
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mailman.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

i = 0
set email = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
Do While i < bundle.MessageCount
    success = bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "From: " & email.From) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Subject: " & email.Subject) & "</pre>"

    i = i + 1
Loop

success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()

%>
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