MessageCount Property

The number of messages in the mailbox.

Syntax

 ppop.getMessageCount([callback])

Default Value

0

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for the getMessageCount([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'data' is the value returned by the method.

The callback for the setMessageCount([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

This property contains the number of messages in the mailbox. When the class is not connected to the server, the value of this property is 0. When connected, it contains the number of messages in the mail box as reported by the POP server.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

Integer