(PowerShell) 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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$mailman = New-Object Chilkat.MailMan

# Set the POP3 server's hostname
$mailman.MailHost = "pop.someMailServer.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

while ($i -le $numMessages) {

    $email = $mailman.FetchByMsgnum($i)
    if ($mailman.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
        $($mailman.LastErrorText)
        exit
    }

    $($email.From + ": " + $email.Subject + "`n")

    $i = $i + 1

}