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Visual Basic 6.0

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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Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
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.
Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan

' Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"

' Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername = "****"
mailman.PopPassword = "****"

' Read mail headers and one line of the body.
Dim bundle As New ChilkatEmailBundle
Dim keepOnServer As Long
keepOnServer = 1
Dim headersOnly As Long
headersOnly = 1
Dim numBodyLines As Long
numBodyLines = 1
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print mailman.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim email As New ChilkatEmail
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Do While i < bundle.MessageCount
    success = bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

    ' Display the From email address and the subject.
    Debug.Print "From: " & email.From
    Debug.Print "Subject: " & email.Subject

    i = i + 1
Loop