JavaScript

Read a POP3 Mailbox

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

var success = false;

// 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.
var mailman = new CkMailMan();

// 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.
var bundle = new CkEmailBundle();
var keepOnServer = true;
var headersOnly = false;
// Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
var numBodyLines = 0;
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

var i = 0;
var email = new CkEmail();
while (i < bundle.MessageCount) {
    bundle.EmailAt(i,email);

    console.log("From: " + email.From);
    console.log("Subject: " + email.Subject);

    i = i+1;
}

success = mailman.Pop3EndSession();