Delphi DLL

Test HotMail POP3 (pop3.live.com or pop-mail.outlook.com)

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Demonstrates connecting and authenticating to pop3.live.com. Make sure to enable POP3 access, as shown here:

Delphi DLL

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, MailMan;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
mailman: HCkMailMan;
numEmails: Integer;

begin
success := False;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

mailman := CkMailMan_Create();

// Connection settings for pop3.live.com (or pop-mail.outlook.com, both should work)
CkMailMan_putMailHost(mailman,'pop-mail.outlook.com');
CkMailMan_putMailHost(mailman,'pop3.live.com');

CkMailMan_putPopUsername(mailman,'my_account@live.com');
CkMailMan_putPopPassword(mailman,'my_live.com_password');
CkMailMan_putMailPort(mailman,995);
CkMailMan_putPopSsl(mailman,True);

// Make the TLS connection to the POP3 server.
success := CkMailMan_Pop3Connect(mailman);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;

// Authenticate..
success := CkMailMan_Pop3Authenticate(mailman);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;

// Find out how many emails are on the server..
numEmails := CkMailMan_CheckMail(mailman);
if (numEmails < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;

// Examine the POP3 session log:
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__pop3SessionLog(mailman));

// End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
success := CkMailMan_Pop3EndSession(mailman);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkMailMan__lastErrorText(mailman));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('-- Finished.');

// The output of this program:

// 	**** Connected to pop3.live.com:995
// 	< +OK DUB006-POP206 POP3 server ready
// 	> USER chilkat@live.com
// 	< +OK password required
// 	> PASS ****
// 	< +OK User successfully authenticated. [AuthResult=0 Proxy=CY1PR17MB0630.namprd17.prod.outlook.com:1995:SSL]
// 	> STAT
// 	< +OK 46 3980488
// 
// 	-- Finished.
// 

CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);

end;