Mail Checker is a small application using RB socket features to connect to a mailbox using the standard POP3 commands. I first wrote this application to delete the 5742 mails (on 18/05/98) from an old POP account I have and I didn╒t check for a very very very long time ;-) And then I thought, it could perhaps be helpfull to others, ...
If you are a curious person, this application will show you what a classic emailer won╒t, i.e. the answers recieved from a POP3 server during a connection. POP3 servers sometimes return funny things.
What╒s new?
* Bug fixed when opening or saving a log file
* Minor code enhancement
How to use Mail Checker?
Enter parameters of your email account in the preferences or type them directly in the main window if you have more than one account.
Connect:
Connects to your mailbox using the preferences parameters or those entered in the main window.
Close:
Closes the connection.
STAT:
Returns the number of messages in the mailbox and the size of the mailbox in octets
LIST:
Returns a scan listing,i.e. the message-number of the message, followed by the exact size of the message in octets.
NOOD:
Returns a positive response.
RSET:
If any message have been marked as deleted by the POP3 server, they are unmarked. The POP3 server then replies with a positive response.
TOP:
Returns the header of the message, and the first lines of the message╒s body.
Needs a parameter: the message-number (the message has to be unmarked as deleted) you want to be previewed and the number of lines you want to get from the message╒s body.
RETR:
Returns the full message
Needs a parameter: the message-number (the message has to be unmarked as deleted)
Delete the fisrt x mails:
Deletes the first x mails from the mailbox
Needs a parameter: the number of mails to be deleted (deletion begings from mail 1 upto mail x)
Delete mail #:
Deletes mail number x
Needs a parameter: the message-number to be deleted.
Delete All:
Deletes all the messages in the mailbox if the STAT command has been, at least, used once. If not, this command won╒t work.
Note:
The above commands are realy executed by the POP3 server when the server enters the update mode, i.e. you have to close the connection using the Close command.
Hardware requirement:
Minimal requirement is a 68020 Mac or a PowerPC.
Software requirement:
This software needs System 7.x or higher and about 1.1Mo of free RAM.
Licence:
MailCheck is Freeware. You may distribute and use MailCheck and the code freely! If you use the code or MailCheck, please, send me an email :-)
Contacting the author:
For any problems, bug reports or suggestions , send a mail:
My Web Site: http://MacManiacSW.idmac.com/
E-mail: MacManiac-Software@kagi.com
Version history:
Ñ Version 1.2 (13/06/98)
* Bug fixed when opening or saving a log file
* Minor code enhancement
Ñ Version 1.1 (05/06/98)
* Open and Save features added.
* MailCheck is Drag & Drop friendly now.
You may drop Simple Text files in to the window or create text clipping by dragging a text selection
from the window. (to the desktop for example)
* The user can now clear the log window: Edit->Clear log window.
* TOP now needs two parameters.
* The bug which occured when closing the window with the close box should be fixed.
Ñ Version 1.0 (27/05/98)
WARRANTY:
This sofware is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, and the author makes no other warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.