Node.js

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. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var mailman = new chilkat.MailMan();

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

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

    // Get the number of messages in the mailbox.
    var numMessages = mailman.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. 

    var i = 1;

    var email = new chilkat.Email();
    while (i <= numMessages) {
        // Fetch by the message number (not by the UIDL)
        success = mailman.FetchOne(false,0,i,email);
        if (success == false) {
            console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
            return;
        }

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

        i = i+1;
    }


}

chilkatExample();