(Perl) Read POP3 Mail Headers

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

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux, Solaris

use chilkat();

# 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.
$mailman = chilkat::CkMailMan->new();

# Set the POP3 server's hostname
$mailman->put_MailHost("pop.someMailServer.com");

# Set the POP3 login/password.
$mailman->put_PopUsername("****");
$mailman->put_PopPassword("****");

# Read mail headers and one line of the body.
# bundle is a EmailBundle
$bundle = $mailman->GetAllHeaders(1);
if ($mailman->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$i = 0;

while ($i < $bundle->get_MessageCount()) {
    # email is a Email
    $email = $bundle->GetEmail($i);

    # Display the From email address and the subject.
    print "From: " . $email->ck_from() . "\r\n";
    print "Subject: " . $email->subject() . "\r\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}