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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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PHP Extension
<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// 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 = new CkMailMan();

// Set the POP3 server's hostname
$mailman->put_MailHost('pop.example.com');

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

// Read mail headers and one line of the body.
$bundle = new CkEmailBundle();
$keepOnServer = true;
$headersOnly = true;
$numBodyLines = 1;
$success = $mailman->FetchAll($keepOnServer,$headersOnly,$numBodyLines,$bundle);
if ($success == false) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$email = new CkEmail();
$i = 0;
while ($i < $bundle->get_MessageCount()) {
    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$email);

    // Display the From email address and the subject.
    print 'From: ' . $email->from() . "\n";
    print 'Subject: ' . $email->subject() . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>