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Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

SOCKS4, SOCKS5 Proxy for POP3

Demonstrates how to communicate with a POP3 server through a SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy.

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var
success: Integer;
mailman: TChilkatMailMan;
bundle: TChilkatEmailBundle;
keepOnServer: Integer;
headersOnly: Integer;
numBodyLines: Integer;
email: TChilkatEmail;
i: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

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

//  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3) 
//  and sending (SMTP) email.
mailman := TChilkatMailMan.Create(Self);

//  To use a SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy, simply set the following
//  properties prior to making any calls that communicate with
//  a POP3 server:
//  The SOCKS hostname may be a domain name or 
//  IP address:
mailman.SocksHostname := 'www.mysocksproxyserver.com';
mailman.SocksPort := 1080;
mailman.SocksUsername := 'myProxyLogin';
mailman.SocksPassword := 'myProxyPassword';
//  Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
//  of the SOCKS proxy server:
mailman.SocksVersion := 5;
//  Note: SOCKS4 servers only support usernames without passwords.
//  SOCKS5 servers support full login/password authentication.

//  Set the POP3 server's hostname
mailman.MailHost := 'pop.example.com';

//  Set the POP3 login/password.
mailman.PopUsername := 'myLogin';
mailman.PopPassword := 'myPassword';

//  Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox 
//  into a bundle object.  The email remains on the server.
bundle := TChilkatEmailBundle.Create(Self);
keepOnServer := 1;
headersOnly := 0;
//  Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
numBodyLines := 0;
success := mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(mailman.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

email := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);
i := 0;
while i < bundle.MessageCount do
  begin
    bundle.EmailAt(i,email.ControlInterface);

    Memo1.Lines.Add('From: ' + email.From);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Subject: ' + email.Subject);
    i := i + 1;
  end;

mailman.Pop3EndSession();