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Delphi DLL

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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Delphi DLL
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, MailMan, EmailBundle, Email;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
mailman: HCkMailMan;
bundle: HCkEmailBundle;
keepOnServer: Boolean;
headersOnly: Boolean;
numBodyLines: Integer;
email: HCkEmail;
i: Integer;

begin
success := 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.
mailman := CkMailMan_Create();

// Set the POP3 server's hostname
CkMailMan_putMailHost(mailman,'pop.example.com');

// Set the POP3 login/password.
CkMailMan_putPopUsername(mailman,'****');
CkMailMan_putPopPassword(mailman,'****');

// Read mail headers and one line of the body.
bundle := CkEmailBundle_Create();
keepOnServer := True;
headersOnly := True;
numBodyLines := 1;
success := CkMailMan_FetchAll(mailman,keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;

email := CkEmail_Create();
i := 0;
while i < CkEmailBundle_getMessageCount(bundle) do
  begin
    CkEmailBundle_EmailAt(bundle,i,email);

    // Display the From email address and the subject.
    Memo1.Lines.Add('From: ' + CkEmail__from(email));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Subject: ' + CkEmail__subject(email));

    i := i + 1;
  end;

CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmailBundle_Dispose(bundle);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);

end;