Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Read a POP3 Mailbox

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

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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.
local mailman = chilkat.MailMan.new()

-- Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.mail_host = "pop.example.com"

-- Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.pop_username = "myLogin"
mailman.pop_password = "myPassword"

-- Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox
-- into a bundle object.  The email remains on the server.
local bundle = chilkat.EmailBundle.new()
local keepOnServer = true
local headersOnly = false
-- Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
local numBodyLines = 0
local success = mailman:fetch_all(keepOnServer, headersOnly, numBodyLines, bundle)
if not success then
    print(mailman.last_error_text)
    return
end

local i = 0
local email = chilkat.Email.new()
while i < bundle.message_count do
    bundle:email_at(i, email)

    print("From: " .. email.from)
    print("Subject: " .. email.subject)

    i = i + 1
end

success = mailman:pop3_end_session()