Pop ActiveX Control

The Pop control downloads Internet email messages from any POP3 server. Features include:

Message object collection represents all messages on the server. Retrieve a single message, all messages, or a range of messages.
Retrieve entire messages, message headers only, or a specified number of message lines.
Memory-based message retrieval makes this product perfect for ASP applications.
Powerful default operations are provided, including iteration through a message set to populate the Messages property.
The Message object provides an object representation of any e-mail message. This formatting object supports easy manipulation of simple and complex (even nested) MIME messages.
Complies with RFC 1939, "Post Office Protocol - Version 3"
Detailed knowledge of POP3 is not required.

Looking for the .NET version of this control?

Development Environments

Visual Studio .NET (.NET Framework)
Visual Basic (VB)
Visual C++ (VC++)
FoxPro
PowerBuilder
Delphi
C++ Builder
ASP
Office 97/2000

Interface

Public Properties
AttachmentDirectory	Decoded message attachments are created in this directory.
AttachmentOverwrite	Specifies whether decoded message attachments are overwritten if the filename is the same.
Blocked	A True value indicates the control is currently executing a blocking method (Timeout is greater than 0), which has neither completed nor timed out with a ptTimeout error.
Count	Returns the number of messages on the server.
Messages	Collection of Message Objects that is the default destination for downloaded messages when using Get.
Preview	Number of lines of message body desired when using Get with msgPreview specified as a parameter.
State	Provides status information to the user interface. The State event fires to signal that this property has changed.
Timeout	Controls the blocking behavior of methods that can be used in blocking and non-blocking ways.
Public Methods
Abort	Abort any blocking method and release all system resources.
About	Show the About Box.
Command	Send any protocol command to the server.
Delete	Mark one or more messages for removal upon normal completion of the session.
Get	Get all or part of one or more messages.
Login	Connect to a POP3 server and authenticate in one easy step.
Logout	End a session.
Reset	Remove the "mark-for-delete" flag from all messages on the server.
Trace	Start or stop the accumulation of trace or debug data. Once started, this method accumulates data until it is turned off.
Public Events
Error	Fires when an error condition occurs.
Progress	Fires when a method has completed, the server has sent a reply, or progress information is available.
State	Fires when the State property changes.

Code Example

How easy is the POP Control to use? Check out the VB example below which demonstrates how to retrieve all message headers from a POP server and displays data about each header.

Pop1.Timeout = 30000

' Login to the server
Pop1.Login "mail.test.com", "testuser", "testpassword"

' Only get the header of the messages
Pop1.Preview = 0

' Get all message headers
Pop1.Get msgPreview

' Iterate through the messages and display data
Dim msg As Message
For Each msg In Pop1.Messages
    MsgBox "From: " & msg.From & " Subject: " & msg.Subject
Next

' Logout
Pop1.Logout

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