Count messages in all accounts

Hi all,
I have a puzzle that I need to solve. In short, I've been asked to report the total number of emails in ALL users' accounts (minus emails sitting in trash). It looks like the JavaMail API only allows you to connect to one account at a time, and ONLY if you know the password (using store.connect).
Is that the only way? Is there no way to solve this problem?
Please help!
TIA,
Lucille

896590 wrote:
I'm not asking to read; I'm only asking for a count.That still requires access to that account though.
Look at it like this -- you can do: folder.getMessageCount(). Right? Can you do it without that account's password? If so, your problem is solved. If not, it's because that is a private part of that account that nobody but the account owner has a right to.

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