Tcl

Read a POP3 Mailbox

Read a POP3 mailbox and display the FROM and SUBJECT header fields of each email. Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

# 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.
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"

# Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox 
# into a bundle object.  The email remains on the server.
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
}

set i 0
set email [new_CkEmail]

while {$i < [CkEmailBundle_get_MessageCount $bundle]} {
    CkEmailBundle_EmailAt $bundle $i $email

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

    set i [expr $i + 1]
}

set success [CkMailMan_Pop3EndSession $mailman]

delete_CkMailMan $mailman
delete_CkEmailBundle $bundle
delete_CkEmail $email