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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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<?php

$success = 0;

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

$mailman = new COM("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.
$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. 

$i = 1;

$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");
while ($i <= $numMessages) {
    // Fetch by the message number (not by the UIDL)
    $success = $mailman->FetchOne(0,0,$i,$email);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    print $email->From . ': ' . $email->Subject . '\n' . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>