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POP3Client.javaAPI DocExample2567Mon Oct 09 13:09:50 BST 2000None

POP3Client

public class POP3Client extends Object

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public static voidmain(java.lang.String[] args)

    
    Properties props = new Properties(); 

    String host = "utopia.poly.edu";
    String username = "eharold";
    String password = "mypassword";
    String provider = "pop3";

    try {

      // Connect to the POP3 server
      Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
      Store store = session.getStore(provider);
      store.connect(host, username, password);
      
      // Open the folder
      Folder inbox = store.getFolder("INBOX");
      if (inbox == null) {
        System.out.println("No INBOX");
        System.exit(1);
      }  
      inbox.open(Folder.READ_ONLY);
      
      // Get the messages from the server
      Message[] messages = inbox.getMessages();
      for (int i = 0; i < messages.length; i++) {
        System.out.println("------------ Message " + (i+1) 
         + " ------------");
        messages[i].writeTo(System.out);
      } 

      // Close the connection 
      // but don't remove the messages from the server
      inbox.close(false);
      store.close();
      
    } 
    catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
public static voidprintMessage(Message m)


    // Print the message header
    Address[] from = m.getFrom();  
    if (from != null) {
      for (int i = 0; i < from.length; i++) {
        System.out.println("From: " + from[i]);
      }
    }
    
    Address[] to = m.getRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO);
    if (to != null) {
      for (int i = 0; i < to.length; i++) {
        System.out.println("To: " + to[i]);
      }
    }
    
    String subject = m.getSubject();
    if (subject != null) {
      System.out.println("Subject: " + subject);
    }
    
    Date d = m.getSentDate();
    if (d != null) {
      System.out.println("Date: " + d);
    }

    // Print a blank line to separate the header from the body
    System.out.println();

    // Print the message body
    Object content = m.getContent();
    if (content instanceof String) {
      System.out.println(content);
    } 
    else if (content instanceof InputStream) {
      InputStream in = (InputStream) content;
      int c;
      while ((c = in.read()) != -1) System.out.write(c);
    }
    else {
      // This is actually likely to be a multi-part MIME
      // message. We'll cover this in a later example.
      System.out.println("Unrecognized Content Type");      
    }