Displaying a message

The sample displays contents of the message body.

Visual Basic code displays the body as plain text. If the message has HTML version only, MailBee automatically creates plain-text version.

ASP code displays the body as HTML. If the message has plain-text version only, it is converted into HTML.

Note: Advanced topics related to displaying HTML messages are discussed in the tutorials:
Displaying HTML-formatted messages in Visual Basic
Displaying HTML-formatted messages in ASP

Dim objPOP3, objMsg

' Create POP3 object
Set objPOP3 = CreateObject("MailBee.POP3")

' Enable logging POP3 session into a file
objPOP3.EnableLogging = True
objPOP3.LogFilePath = "C:\pop3_log.txt"

' Unlock POP3 object
objPOP3.LicenseKey = "put your license key here"

' Set POP3 server name
objPOP3.ServerName = "mail.server.com"

' Set user credentials
objPOP3.UserName = "username"
objPOP3.Password = "password"

' Connect to the server and log in the mailbox
If objPOP3.Connect Then

  ' Download first message completely
  Set objMsg = objPOP3.RetrieveSingleMessage(1)

  If Not objPOP3.IsError Then
    ' HTML message?
    If objMsg.BodyFormat = 1 Then
      ' The message is HTML, so display
      ' plain version of HTML message body
      MsgBox objMsg.AltBodyText
    Else
      ' No, the message is not HTML,
      ' so display message body
      MsgBox objMsg.BodyText
    End If
  Else
    ' Display error information
    MsgBox "Error #" & objPOP3.ErrCode & ", " & objPOP3.ErrDesc
  End If

  ' Close the connection
  objPOP3.Disconnect
Else
  ' Display error information
  MsgBox "Error #" & objPOP3.ErrCode
  MsgBox "Server response: " & objPOP3.ServerResponse
End If

<%
Dim objPOP3, objMsg

' Create POP3 object
Set objPOP3 = Server.CreateObject("MailBee.POP3")

' Enable logging POP3 session into a file
objPOP3.EnableLogging = True
objPOP3.LogFilePath = "C:\pop3_log.txt"

' Unlock POP3 object
objPOP3.LicenseKey = "put your license key here"

' Set POP3 server name
objPOP3.ServerName = "mail.server.com"

' Set user credentials
objPOP3.UserName = "username"
objPOP3.Password = "password"

' Connect to the server and log in the mailbox
If objPOP3.Connect Then

  ' Download first message completely
  Set objMsg = objPOP3.RetrieveSingleMessage(1)

  If Not objPOP3.IsError Then
    ' HTML message?
    If objMsg.BodyFormat = 1 Then
      ' The message is HTML, so
      ' display HTML message body
      Response.Write objMsg.BodyText
    Else
      ' The message is not HTML, so
      ' create HTML version of the body
      Response.Write objMsg.GetHTMLFromPlain(objMsg.BodyText)
    End If
  Else
    ' Display error information
    Response.Write "Error #" & objPOP3.ErrCode & ", " & objPOP3.ErrDesc
  End If

  ' Close the connection
  objPOP3.Disconnect
Else
  ' Display error information
  Response.Write "Error #" & objPOP3.ErrCode & "<br>"
  Response.Write "Server response: " & objPOP3.ServerResponse
End If
%>

See Also:
"Displaying HTML-formatted messages in Visual Basic" Tutorial
"Displaying HTML-formatted messages in ASP" Tutorial