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Retrieve UIDL's from POP3 Server

Retrieve a list of UIDLs from a POP3 server. UIDLs are unique identifiers, 1 to 70 characters long, composed of characters ranging from 0x21 to 0x7E. These identifiers uniquely distinguish messages within a mailbox and remain consistent across sessions.

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PHP ActiveX
<?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");

$mailman->MailHost = 'pop.example.com';

$mailman->PopUsername = 'myLogin';
$mailman->PopPassword = 'myPassword';

$mailman->MailPort = 995;
$mailman->PopSsl = 1;

$stUidls = new COM("Chilkat.StringTable");
$success = $mailman->FetchUidls($stUidls);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Download each email by UIDL.
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");

$count = $stUidls->Count;
$i = 0;
while ($i < $count) {
    // Download the full email.
    $uidl = $stUidls->stringAt($i);
    $success = $mailman->FetchByUidl($uidl,0,0,$email);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
        exit;
    }

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

    $i = $i + 1;
}

$mailman->Pop3EndSession();

?>