Visual FoxPro

Read a POP3 Mailbox

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

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loMailman
LOCAL loBundle
LOCAL lnKeepOnServer
LOCAL lnHeadersOnly
LOCAL lnNumBodyLines
LOCAL i
LOCAL loEmail

lnSuccess = 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.
loMailman = CreateObject('Chilkat.MailMan')

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

* Set the POP3 login/password.
loMailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
loMailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

* Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox 
* into a bundle object.  The email remains on the server.
loBundle = CreateObject('Chilkat.EmailBundle')
lnKeepOnServer = 1
lnHeadersOnly = 0
* Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
lnNumBodyLines = 0
lnSuccess = loMailman.FetchAll(lnKeepOnServer,lnHeadersOnly,lnNumBodyLines,loBundle)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loMailman.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loMailman
    RELEASE loBundle
    CANCEL
ENDIF

i = 0
loEmail = CreateObject('Chilkat.Email')
DO WHILE i < loBundle.MessageCount
    loBundle.EmailAt(i,loEmail)

    ? "From: " + loEmail.From
    ? "Subject: " + loEmail.Subject

    i = i + 1
ENDDO

lnSuccess = loMailman.Pop3EndSession()

RELEASE loMailman
RELEASE loBundle
RELEASE loEmail