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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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import sys
import chilkat

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 = chilkat.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 = chilkat.CkEmailBundle()
keepOnServer = True
headersOnly = True
numBodyLines = 1
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle)
if (success == False):
    print(mailman.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

email = chilkat.CkEmail()
i = 0
while i < bundle.get_MessageCount() :
    bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

    #  Display the From email address and the subject.
    print("From: " + email.ck_from())
    print("Subject: " + email.subject())

    i = i + 1