(Chilkat2-Python) POP3 over Multiple Hop SSH

Demonstrates how to read POP3 email (using TCP or TLS) tunneled through mulitple-hop SSH. The scheme looks like this:

Application => ServerSSH1 => ServerSSH2 => POP3Server

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import sys
import chilkat2

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

ssh1 = chilkat2.Ssh()

# Connect directly to the 1st SSH server.
success = ssh1.Connect("serverssh1.com",22)
if (success != True):
    print(ssh1.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Authenticate using login/password:
success = ssh1.AuthenticatePw("ssh1Login","ssh1Password")
if (success != True):
    print(ssh1.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Connect through the 1st SSH connection to reach a 2nd SSH server.
# Note: Any number of SSH connections may be simultaneously tunneled through a single
# existing SSH connection.
ssh2 = chilkat2.Ssh()
success = ssh2.ConnectThroughSsh(ssh1,"serverssh2.com",22)
if (success != True):
    print(ssh2.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Authenticate with ssh2...
success = ssh2.AuthenticatePw("ssh2Login","ssh2Password")
if (success != True):
    print(ssh2.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

mailman = chilkat2.MailMan()

# Tell the mailman object to connect to the POP3 server though the ssh2 tunnel (which itself is routed through ssh1).
# The connection looks like this:  Application => ServerSSH1 => ServerSSH2 => POP3Server
success = mailman.UseSsh(ssh2)
if (success != True):
    print(mailman.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost = "pop.someMailServer.com"

# Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername = "myLogin"
mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

# Establish the POP3 connection through the ssh2 tunnel.
success = mailman.Pop3BeginSession()
if (success != True):
    print(mailman.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Get the number of messages in the mailbox.
numMessages = mailman.GetMailboxCount()

i = 1

while i <= numMessages :

    # email is a CkEmail
    email = mailman.FetchByMsgnum(i)
    if (mailman.LastMethodSuccess != True):
        print(mailman.LastErrorText)
        sys.exit()

    print(email.From + ": " + email.Subject + "\n")

    i = i + 1

# Close the connection with the POP3 server.  (This closes the tunnel through ssh2)
# The connection with ssh2 is still alive, and may be used for more connections.
success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()

# Close the connection with ssh2.  (This closes the the tunnel through ssh1.)
# The connection with ssh1 is still alive, and may be used for more connections.

ssh2.Disconnect()

ssh1.Disconnect()