Tcl

Download POP3 Email using UIDLs

Demonstrates how to download POP3 email by first getting the complete set of UIDLs and then downloading email by calling FetchByUIDL for each UIDL. 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.

# The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3) 
# and sending (SMTP) email.
set mailman [new_CkMailMan]

# Set the POP3 server's hostname
CkMailMan_put_MailHost $mailman "pop.example.com"

# Set the POP3 login/password.
CkMailMan_put_PopUsername $mailman "myLogin"
CkMailMan_put_PopPassword $mailman "myPassword"

set stUidls [new_CkStringTable]

set success [CkMailMan_FetchUidls $mailman $stUidls]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkMailMan_lastErrorText $mailman]
    delete_CkMailMan $mailman
    delete_CkStringTable $stUidls
    exit
}

set email [new_CkEmail]

set count [CkStringTable_get_Count $stUidls]
set i 0
while {$i < $count} {
    # Download the full email.
    set success [CkMailMan_FetchByUidl $mailman [CkStringTable_stringAt $stUidls $i] 0 0 $email]
    if {$success == 0} then {
        puts [CkMailMan_lastErrorText $mailman]
        delete_CkMailMan $mailman
        delete_CkStringTable $stUidls
        delete_CkEmail $email
        exit
    }

    puts "$i"
    puts "From: [CkEmail_from $email]"
    puts "Subject: [CkEmail_subject $email]"

    set i [expr $i + 1]
}

CkMailMan_Pop3EndSession $mailman

delete_CkMailMan $mailman
delete_CkStringTable $stUidls
delete_CkEmail $email