(VB.NET) Read a POP3 Mailbox

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

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

' 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 Chilkat.MailMan

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

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

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


Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
While i < bundle.MessageCount
    bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

    Debug.WriteLine("From: " & email.From)
    Debug.WriteLine("Subject: " & email.Subject)

    i = i + 1
End While

success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()