OstroSoft POP3 Component - properties, methods, events

Top object in component hierarchy: maintains connection to the mailserver, retrieves mailbox statistics and list of messages, retrieves and deletes messages

object.Base64Decode(ByVal s As String) As String
Decode Base64-encoded string

object.ClosePOP3()
Close POP3 session, disconnect from the server

object.DeleteMessage(MessageId As Long) As Boolean
Delete specified message from the server

object.GetMailboxSize() As Long
Get total size of the messages in mailbox, in octets (bytes)

object.GetMessageCount() As Long
Get number of messages in mailbox

object.GetMessage(MessageId As Long, [RemoveFromServer As Boolean = False]) As Message
Retrieve specified (by message ID) message from the server, optionally delete it after retrieval

object.GetMessageHeaders(MessageId As Long, [NumberOfLines As Long]) As Message
Get email headers for specified message, optionally retrieve specified number of lines from the top of the message body

object.GetMessageList() As Collection
Retrieve list of available messages (collection of MessageListEntry objects)

object.OpenPOP3([ServerName As String], [PortNumber As Long], [Login As String], [Password As String]) As Boolean
Connect to server, authenticate and establish POP3 session

object.QuotedPrintableDecode(ByVal s As String) As String
Decode quoted-printable string

object.ResetSession() As Boolean
Reset POP3 session (restore messages, deleted during current session)

object_Closed()
POP3 session closed

object_Connected()
Connected (and authenticated) to POP3 server

object_ErrorPOP3(Number As Long, Description As String)
Error occured

object_StateChanged(SESSION_STATE As StateConstants)
Connection state changed

object_StatusChanged(Status As String, StatusType As StatusTypeConstants)
Status property changed

object.Login As String
User login (username) for authenticating to mailserver

object.MailboxSize As Long
Total size of the messages in mailbox, in octets (bytes) (read-only)

object.MessageCount As Long
Number of messages in mailbox (read-only)

object.MessageList As Collection
List of messages (collection of MessageListEntry objects) in mailbox

object.Password As String
User password for authenticating to mailserver

object.PortNumber As Long
POP3 server port number (by default - 110)

object.RaiseError As Boolean
Defines the component behavior when error occurs. When set to True, raises an error, otherwise - fires ErrorPOP3 event

object.SelectedMessage As Message
Last message, retrieved by GetMessage or GetMessageHeaders methods

object.ServerName As String
POP3 server name or IP address

object.State As StateConstants (Long)
State of POP3 session. The following session state constants are defined:

value	name	description
0	popClosed	connection closed
1	popResolvingHost	resolving mailserver name
2	popHostResolved	mailserver name successfully resolved
3	popConnecting	connecting to mailserver
4	popConnected	connected to mailserver
5	popAuthenticating	authenticating to mailserver
6	popAuthenticated	successfully authenticated to mailserver
7	popClosing	connection is closing
8	popError	error occured

object.Status As String
Last status of POP3 component, returned by StatusChanged event

object.StatusOption As StatusOptionConstants (Long)
Instructs POP3 Component what status changes to report. The following status option constants are defined:

value	name	description
0	soNone	do not report any status changes
1	soPOP3Requests	report POP3 Requests
2	soPOP3Responses	report POP3 Responses
4	soStates	report POP3 session states
8	soError	report errors
15	soAll	report everything

You can also use OR expressions.
For example: (soPOP3Requests OR soPOP3Responses) will report both POP3 Requests and Responses

object.StatusType As StatusTypeConstants
Type of the last status, returned by StatusChanged event. The following status option constants are defined:

value	name	description
1	stPOP3Requests	POP3 Request
2	stPOP3Responses	POP3 Response
4	stStates	POP3 session state
8	stError	Error

object.Timeout As Long
Connection timeout in milliseconds (default - 10000)

object.UseSSL As Boolean
When set to true, uses POP3 over secure connection (TLS/SSL)

Item in MessageList collection of Session

object.ID As Long
Message ID

object.Size As Long
Message size in octets (bytes)

object.UIDL As String
Message UIDL (if supported by server) - unique identifier assigned to message by mailserver

Returned by GetMessage or GetMessageHeaders functions, contains parsed email message

object.Save(FILE_NAME As String)
Save message to a specified location

object.All As String
Entire message (including headers, all body parts and attachments) in original (.eml) format

object.Attachments As Collection
Collection of message attachments (Attachment objects)

object.Body As String
Message body

object.Charset As String
Message charset

object.ContentTransferEncoding As String
Message content-transfer-encoding

object.ContentType As String
Message content type

object.DateSent As String
Message timestamp

object.Headers As Collection
Collection of message headers (Header objects)

object.HTMLBody As String
HTML part of message body

object.Recipients As Collection
Collection of message recipients (Email objects)

object.RecipientsCC As Collection
Collection of message CC recipients (Email objects)

object.Sender As Email
Message sender

object.Subject As String
Message subject

object.UIDL As String
Message UIDL (if supported by server)

Item in Headers collection of Message

object.Name As String
Header name

object.Values As Collection
Collection of string values, associated with header

object.Address As String
Email address

object.Name As String
Name, assigned to email address (optional)

object.Save(FILE_NAME As String)
Saves attachment to a specified location. If attachment is Base64 encoded, it will be decoded before saving

object.AttachmentName As String
Attachment name

object.Body As String
Attachment body

object.ContentDisposition As String
Content disposition header of attachment

object.ContentTransferEncoding As String
Type of attachment encoding

object.ContentType As String
MIME type of attachment

object.Filename As String
Attachment filename