EmailReadMessageHeader (Function)

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EmailReadMessageHeader (Function)

In french: EmailLitEntêteMessage

Reads the header of an email received:

via the POP3 or IMAP protocol: the email is found in the in-box on the messaging server.
via the Lotus Notes or Outlook messaging software: the incoming email is found on the local computer in the in-box of Lotus Notes or Outlook.

The variables of email structure corresponding to the message header are filled.

This function is useful when reading the email is linked to the message size for example.

The Email.Out variable is set to True if no email is found.

Reminder: Before reading an email, a session must be started by one of the following functions: EmailStartSession, EmailStartNotesSession or EmailStartOutlookSession.

The POP3 protocol can only be used to read emails.

Example

// Use the POP3 protocol
// Read the emails whose size does not exceed MaxEmailSize
I is int
FOR I = 1 TO EmailNbMessage(UserName)
IF EmailMessageLength(UserName, I) < MaxEmailSize THEN
// Procedure for reading and processing the message
ReadMessage()
ELSE
EmailReadMessageHeader(UserName, I)
// Response procedure indicating that the email was not read
ReturnMessage(Email.SenderAddress)
END
END

// Use with the Outlook messaging software
// TABLE_EmailTable table contains all the incoming emails
// COL_Sender contains the sender name (Email.Sender variable)
// COL_Subject contains the email subject (Email.Sujet variable)
// COL_ID contains the email identifier (Email.ID variable)
// Read the header of email selected in the table
EmailReadMessageHeader(SessionID, COL_ID)

Syntax

Reading the header of an email managed by the POP3 or IMAP protocol Hide the details

<Result> = EmailReadMessageHeader(<Session> [, <Email>] , <Message number>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the message header was read. In this case, the email structure is automatically updated.
False otherwise. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.
The Email.Out variable is positioned to True if no message was found (no email).

<Session>: Character string, or emailPOP3Session or emailIMAPSession variable

Identifies the user session. Corresponds to:
the username that was used to start the email session (EmailStartSession).
a variable of type emailPOP3Session.
a variable of type emailIMAPSession.
Variables of type emailPOP3Session and emailIMAPSession are not supported.

<Email>: Optional Email variable

Name of the Email variable to be initialized with the message content.
This parameter is not available
If this parameter is not specified, the Email structure is used.

<Message number>: Integer

Number of the message whose header will be read.

Reading the header of an email managed via Lotus Notes or Outlook Hide the details

<Result> = EmailReadMessageHeader(<Session> [, <Email>] , <Message identifier>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the message header was read. In this case, the email structure is automatically updated.
False otherwise. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.
The Email.Out variable is positioned to True if no message was found (no email).

<Session>: Integer

Identifier of current email session. This identifier can be:
an integer returned by EmailStartOutlookSession or OutlookStartSession.
a variable of type emailOutlookSession.
a variable of type emailNotesSession.
a variable of type emailIMAPSession.

<Email>: Optional Email variable

Name of the Email variable to be initialized with the message content.
If this parameter is not specified, the Email structure is used.

<Message identifier>: Character string

Identifier of the message whose header must be read. This identifier is found in the Email.ID variable when reading emails.

Remarks

Number of messages found in the mailbox (POP3 protocol)

You can get the total number of messages received with EmailNbMessage.

If a message was deleted by EmailDeleteMessage in the same email session:

EmailNbMessage returns the number of messages found on the email server before the deletion.
the numbers of the deleted messages are not re-assigned.

For example: During the connection, four messages are found on the server and these messages are numbered 1 to 4. If message #1 is deleted:

EmailNbMessage returns 4.
EmailReadMessage or EmailReadMessageHeader cannot read message # 1: the message no longer exists. The Email.Out variable returns True. Only the messages 2, 3, and 4 exist.

The message numbers are re-assigned during the next connection.

Number of messages found in the mailbox (Outlook messaging)

The total number of received messages is returned by EmailNbMessage.

If a message was deleted by EmailDeleteMessage in the same email session, EmailNbMessage returns the actual number of messages in the inbox folder.

Outlook messaging

The WLanguage EmailReadxxx functions operate with the Outlook data file (.pst) only. The other data files are not supported.

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