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Delphi DLL 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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Delphi DLL
var
success: Boolean;
mailman: HCkMailMan;
bundle: HCkEmailBundle;
keepOnServer: Boolean;
headersOnly: Boolean;
numBodyLines: Integer;
email: HCkEmail;
i: Integer;

begin
success := False;

//  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 := CkMailMan_Create();

//  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:
CkMailMan_putSocksHostname(mailman,'www.mysocksproxyserver.com');
CkMailMan_putSocksPort(mailman,1080);
CkMailMan_putSocksUsername(mailman,'myProxyLogin');
CkMailMan_putSocksPassword(mailman,'myProxyPassword');
//  Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
//  of the SOCKS proxy server:
CkMailMan_putSocksVersion(mailman,5);
//  Note: SOCKS4 servers only support usernames without passwords.
//  SOCKS5 servers support full login/password authentication.

//  Set the POP3 server's hostname
CkMailMan_putMailHost(mailman,'pop.example.com');

//  Set the POP3 login/password.
CkMailMan_putPopUsername(mailman,'myLogin');
CkMailMan_putPopPassword(mailman,'myPassword');

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

email := CkEmail_Create();
i := 0;
while i < CkEmailBundle_getMessageCount(bundle) do
  begin
    CkEmailBundle_EmailAt(bundle,i,email);

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

CkMailMan_Pop3EndSession(mailman);

CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
CkEmailBundle_Dispose(bundle);
CkEmail_Dispose(email);