Chilkat2-Python

Read All Email from POP3 Inbox by Message Numbers

Demonstrates how to read all of the email from a POP3 inbox by fetching each email by it's message number. Chilkat2-Python

import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

mailman = chilkat2.MailMan()

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

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

# Get the number of messages in the mailbox.
numMessages = mailman.GetMailboxCount()

# Message numbers are specific to a POP3 session. 
# If a maildrop (i.e. inbox)  contains 10 messages, 
# the message numbers will be 1, 2, 3, ... 10. 
# If message number 1 is deleted and a new POP3 session 
# is established, there will be 9 messages numbered 1, 2, 3, ... 9. 

i = 1

email = chilkat2.Email()
while i <= numMessages :
    # Fetch by the message number (not by the UIDL)
    success = mailman.FetchOne(False,0,i,email)
    if (success == False):
        print(mailman.LastErrorText)
        sys.exit()

    print(email.From + ": " + email.Subject + "\n")

    i = i + 1