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B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Retrieve UIDL's from POP3 Server

Retrieve a list of UIDLs from a POP3 server. UIDLs are unique identifiers, 1 to 70 characters long, composed of characters ranging from 0x21 to 0x7E. These identifiers uniquely distinguish messages within a mailbox and remain consistent across sessions.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim mailman As ChilkatMailMan
mailman.Initialize("mailman")

mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"

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

mailman.MailPort = 995
mailman.PopSsl = True

Dim stUidls As ChilkatStringTable
stUidls.Initialize
success = mailman.FetchUidls(stUidls)
If success = False Then
    Log(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Download each email by UIDL.
Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize

Dim count As Int = stUidls.Count
Dim i As Int = 0
Do While i < count
    '  Download the full email.
    Dim uidl As String = stUidls.StringAt(i)
    success = mailman.FetchByUidl(uidl, False, 0, email)
    If success = False Then
        Log(mailman.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If


    Log(i)
    Log("UIDL: " & uidl)
    Log("From: " & email.From)
    Log("Subject: " & email.Subject)

    i = i + 1
Loop

mailman.Pop3EndSession