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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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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Mailman
oleobject loo_StUidls
oleobject loo_Email
integer li_Count
integer i
string ls_Uidl

li_Success = 0

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

loo_Mailman = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Mailman.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.MailMan")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Mailman
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

loo_Mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"

loo_Mailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
loo_Mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

loo_Mailman.MailPort = 995
loo_Mailman.PopSsl = 1

loo_StUidls = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_StUidls.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringTable")

li_Success = loo_Mailman.FetchUidls(loo_StUidls)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Mailman.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Mailman
    destroy loo_StUidls
    return
end if

// Download each email by UIDL.
loo_Email = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Email.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")

li_Count = loo_StUidls.Count
i = 0
do while i < li_Count
    // Download the full email.
    ls_Uidl = loo_StUidls.StringAt(i)
    li_Success = loo_Mailman.FetchByUidl(ls_Uidl,0,0,loo_Email)
    if li_Success = 0 then
        Write-Debug loo_Mailman.LastErrorText
        destroy loo_Mailman
        destroy loo_StUidls
        destroy loo_Email
        return
    end if

    Write-Debug string(i)
    Write-Debug "UIDL: " + ls_Uidl
    Write-Debug "From: " + loo_Email.From
    Write-Debug "Subject: " + loo_Email.Subject

    i = i + 1
loop

loo_Mailman.Pop3EndSession()


destroy loo_Mailman
destroy loo_StUidls
destroy loo_Email