VB.NET
POP3 FetchAll Example

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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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan

' Connection settings for pop3.live.com (or pop-mail.outlook.com, both should work)
mailman.MailHost = "pop3.live.com"

mailman.PopUsername = "my_account@live.com"
mailman.PopPassword = "my_live.com_password"
mailman.MailPort = 995
mailman.PopSsl = True

' 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.
Dim bundle As New Chilkat.EmailBundle
Dim keepOnServer As Boolean = True
Dim headersOnly As Boolean = False
' Irrelevent because we are not downloading headers-only
Dim numBodyLines As Integer = 0
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Iterate over the bundle and examine each email..
Dim numEmails As Integer = bundle.MessageCount
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
While i < numEmails
    bundle.EmailAt(i,email)
    Debug.WriteLine("From: " & email.From)
    Debug.WriteLine("Subject: " & email.Subject)
    Debug.WriteLine("--")
    i = i + 1
End While

' Examine the POP3 session log:
Debug.WriteLine(mailman.Pop3SessionLog)

' End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
mailman.Pop3EndSession()

Debug.WriteLine("-- 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.
'