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Delphi ActiveX

Read a POP3 Mailbox

Read a POP3 mailbox and display the FROM and SUBJECT header fields of each email.

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Delphi ActiveX
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
mailman: TChilkatMailMan;
bundle: TChilkatEmailBundle;
keepOnServer: Integer;
headersOnly: Integer;
numBodyLines: Integer;
i: Integer;
email: TChilkatEmail;

begin
success := 0;

// 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.
mailman := TChilkatMailMan.Create(Self);

// Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost := 'pop.example.com';

// Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername := 'myLogin';
mailman.PopPassword := 'myPassword';

// Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox 
// into a bundle object.  The email remains on the server.
bundle := TChilkatEmailBundle.Create(Self);
keepOnServer := 1;
headersOnly := 0;
// Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
numBodyLines := 0;
success := mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(mailman.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

i := 0;
email := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);
while i < bundle.MessageCount do
  begin
    bundle.EmailAt(i,email.ControlInterface);

    Memo1.Lines.Add('From: ' + email.From);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Subject: ' + email.Subject);

    i := i + 1;
  end;

success := mailman.Pop3EndSession();
end;