DataFlex

Read Gmail POP3 Mailbox

Reads the header for each email in a GMail POP3 mailbox and displays the FROM and SUBJECT header fields. In your GMail "Forwarding and POP" settings, be sure to select "When messages are accessed with POP keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox". DataFlex

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoMailman
    Variant vBundle
    Handle hoBundle
    Boolean iKeepOnServer
    Boolean iHeadersOnly
    Integer iNumBodyLines
    Integer i
    Variant vEmail
    Handle hoEmail
    String sTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    // This example requires 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.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatMailMan)) To hoMailman
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoMailman))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoMailman
    End

    // Set the GMail account POP3 properties.
    Set ComMailHost Of hoMailman To "pop.gmail.com"
    Set ComPopUsername Of hoMailman To "myLogin"
    Set ComPopPassword Of hoMailman To "myPassword"
    Set ComPopSsl Of hoMailman To True
    Set ComMailPort Of hoMailman To 995

    // Read mail headers and one line of the body.
    // To get the full emails, set headersOnly = False
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatEmailBundle)) To hoBundle
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoBundle))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoBundle
    End
    Move True To iKeepOnServer
    Move True To iHeadersOnly
    Move 1 To iNumBodyLines
    Get pvComObject of hoBundle to vBundle
    Get ComFetchAll Of hoMailman iKeepOnServer iHeadersOnly iNumBodyLines vBundle To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoMailman To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Move 0 To i
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatEmail)) To hoEmail
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoEmail))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoEmail
    End
    While (i < (ComMessageCount(hoBundle)))
        Get pvComObject of hoEmail to vEmail
        Get ComEmailAt Of hoBundle i vEmail To iSuccess

        // Display the From email address and the subject.
        Get ComFrom Of hoEmail To sTemp1
        Showln "From: " sTemp1
        Get ComSubject Of hoEmail To sTemp1
        Showln "Subject: " sTemp1

        Move (i + 1) To i
    Loop



End_Procedure