(Lianja) Read All Email from POP3 Inbox by Message Numbers

Demonstrates how to read all of the email from a POP3 inbox by fetching each email by it's message number.

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

loMailman = createobject("CkMailMan")

// Set the POP3 server's hostname
loMailman.MailHost = "pop.someMailServer.com"

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

// Get the number of messages in the mailbox.
lnNumMessages = loMailman.GetMailboxCount()

// Message numbers are specific to a POP3 session. 
// If a maildrop (i.e. inbox)  contains 10 messages, 
// the message numbers will be 1, 2, 3, ... 10. 
// If message number 1 is deleted and a new POP3 session 
// is established, there will be 9 messages numbered 1, 2, 3, ... 9. 

i = 1

do while i <= lnNumMessages

    loEmail = loMailman.FetchByMsgnum(i)
    if (loMailman.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
        ? loMailman.LastErrorText
        release loMailman
        return
    endif

    ? loEmail.From + ": " + loEmail.Subject + Chr(10)
    release loEmail

    i = i + 1

enddo


release loMailman