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Read POP3 Mail Headers

Reads the header for each email in a POP3 mailbox and display the FROM and SUBJECT header fields.

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llSuccess = .F.

// 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("CkMailMan")

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

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

// Read mail headers and one line of the body.
loBundle = createobject("CkEmailBundle")
llKeepOnServer = .T.
llHeadersOnly = .T.
lnNumBodyLines = 1
llSuccess = loMailman.FetchAll(llKeepOnServer,llHeadersOnly,lnNumBodyLines,loBundle)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loMailman.LastErrorText
    release loMailman
    release loBundle
    return
endif

loEmail = createobject("CkEmail")
i = 0
do while i < loBundle.MessageCount
    loBundle.EmailAt(i,loEmail)

    // Display the From email address and the subject.
    ? "From: " + loEmail.From
    ? "Subject: " + loEmail.Subject

    i = i + 1
enddo


release loMailman
release loBundle
release loEmail