(Chilkat2-Python) Retrieve UIDL's from POP3 Server

Retrieve a list of UIDLs from a POP3 server. A UIDL is an identifier consisting of 1 to 70 characters in the range 0x21 to 0x7E, which uniquely identifies a messages within a mailbox and persists across sessions.

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import sys
import chilkat2

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

mailman = chilkat2.MailMan()

mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"

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

mailman.MailPort = 995
mailman.PopSsl = True

# sa is a CkStringArray
sa = mailman.GetUidls()
if (mailman.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(mailman.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Download each email by UIDL.

i = 0
numUidls = sa.Count
while i < numUidls :
    uidl = sa.GetString(i)
    print(uidl)
    i = i + 1