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POP3 FetchAll Example

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Demonstrates downloading email from a POP3 server via FetchAll (using pop3.live.com). Make sure to enable POP3 access for your HotMail account (or any other type of account if POP3 access is not enabled by default).

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Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set mailman [new_CkMailMan]

# Connection settings for pop3.live.com (or pop-mail.outlook.com, both should work)
CkMailMan_put_MailHost $mailman "pop3.live.com"

CkMailMan_put_PopUsername $mailman "my_account@live.com"
CkMailMan_put_PopPassword $mailman "my_live.com_password"
CkMailMan_put_MailPort $mailman 995
CkMailMan_put_PopSsl $mailman 1

# WARNING: FetchAll is only a reasonable choice if it is already know that not
# to many emails are present on the server.  FetchAll is a poor choice if a huge number
# of emails exist.  It is better to download individually or in batches.
set bundle [new_CkEmailBundle]

set keepOnServer 1
set headersOnly 0
# Irrelevent because we are not downloading headers-only
set numBodyLines 0
set success [CkMailMan_FetchAll $mailman $keepOnServer $headersOnly $numBodyLines $bundle]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkMailMan_lastErrorText $mailman]
    delete_CkMailMan $mailman
    delete_CkEmailBundle $bundle
    exit
}

# Iterate over the bundle and examine each email..
set numEmails [CkEmailBundle_get_MessageCount $bundle]
set i 0
set email [new_CkEmail]

while {$i < $numEmails} {
    CkEmailBundle_EmailAt $bundle $i $email
    puts "From: [CkEmail_from $email]"
    puts "Subject: [CkEmail_subject $email]"
    puts "--"
    set i [expr $i + 1]
}

# Examine the POP3 session log:
puts [CkMailMan_pop3SessionLog $mailman]

# End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
CkMailMan_Pop3EndSession $mailman

puts "-- Finished."

# The output of this program:

# 	**** Connected to pop3.live.com:995
# 	< +OK DUB006-POP62 POP3 server ready
# 	> USER chilkat@live.com
# 	< +OK password required
# 	> PASS ****
# 	< +OK User successfully authenticated. [AuthResult=0 Proxy=CY1PR17MB0630.namprd17.prod.outlook.com:1995:SSL]
# 	> STAT
# 	< +OK 23 914026
# 	> LIST
# 	< +OK 23 914026
# 	1 50828
# 	2 49862
# 	3 142837
# 	4 61466
# 	5 40805
# 	6 39992
# 	7 61358
# 	8 18431
# 	9 122577
# 	10 20322
# 	11 24274
# 	12 24367
# 	13 22860
# 	14 10136
# 	15 35379
# 	16 30916
# 	17 19800
# 	18 14941
# 	19 16883
# 	20 15151
# 	21 20198
# 	22 28108
# 	23 42535
# 	.
# 	> UIDL
# 	< +OK
# 	< +OK
# 	1 2291
# 	2 2591
# 	3 3062
# 	4 3063
# 	5 3064
# 	6 3065
# 	7 3066
# 	8 3067
# 	9 3068
# 	10 3069
# 	11 3070
# 	12 3071
# 	13 3072
# 	14 3073
# 	15 3074
# 	16 3075
# 	17 3076
# 	18 3077
# 	19 3078
# 	20 3079
# 	21 3080
# 	22 3081
# 	23 3405
# 	.
# 	> RETR 1
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 2
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 3
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 4
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 5
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 6
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 7
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 8
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 9
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 10
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 11
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 12
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 13
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 14
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 15
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 16
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 17
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 18
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 19
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 20
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 21
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 22
# 	< +OK
# 	> RETR 23
# 	< +OK
# 
# 	-- Finished.
# 

delete_CkMailMan $mailman
delete_CkEmailBundle $bundle
delete_CkEmail $email