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B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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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Dim success As Boolean = 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.
Dim mailman As ChilkatMailMan
mailman.Initialize("mailman")

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

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

'  Read mail headers and one line of the body.
Dim bundle As ChilkatEmailBundle
bundle.Initialize
Dim keepOnServer As Boolean = True
Dim headersOnly As Boolean = True
Dim numBodyLines As Int = 1
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer, headersOnly, numBodyLines, bundle)
If success = False Then
    Log(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize
Dim i As Int = 0
Do While i < bundle.MessageCount
    bundle.EmailAt(i, email)

    '  Display the From email address and the subject.
    Log("From: " & email.From)
    Log("Subject: " & email.Subject)

    i = i + 1
Loop