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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:

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llSuccess = .F.

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

loMailman = createobject("CkMailMan")

// Connection settings for pop3.live.com (or pop-mail.outlook.com, both should work)
loMailman.MailHost = "pop-mail.outlook.com"
loMailman.MailHost = "pop3.live.com"

loMailman.PopUsername = "my_account@live.com"
loMailman.PopPassword = "my_live.com_password"
loMailman.MailPort = 995
loMailman.PopSsl = .T.

// Make the TLS connection to the POP3 server.
llSuccess = loMailman.Pop3Connect()
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loMailman.LastErrorText
    release loMailman
    return
endif

// Authenticate..
llSuccess = loMailman.Pop3Authenticate()
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loMailman.LastErrorText
    release loMailman
    return
endif

// Find out how many emails are on the server..
lnNumEmails = loMailman.CheckMail()
if (lnNumEmails < 0) then
    ? loMailman.LastErrorText
    release loMailman
    return
endif

// Examine the POP3 session log:
? loMailman.Pop3SessionLog

// End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
llSuccess = loMailman.Pop3EndSession()
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loMailman.LastErrorText
    release loMailman
    return
endif

? "-- 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.
// 


release loMailman