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POP3 SSL - Read POP3 Email over TLS/SSL on Port 995

Demonstrates how to connect via TLS/SSL to a POP3 server and read email. This assumes that the POP3 server supports SSL.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$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 = chilkat::CkMailMan->new();

# Set the POP3 server's hostname
$mailman->put_MailHost("pop.gmail.com");

# Set the POP3 login/password.
$mailman->put_PopUsername('****@gmail.com');
$mailman->put_PopPassword("****");

# Indicate that we want TLS/SSL.  Also, set the port to 995:
$mailman->put_MailPort(995);
$mailman->put_PopSsl(1);

$bundle = chilkat::CkEmailBundle->new();
$keepOnServer = 1;
$headersOnly = 0;
# Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
$numBodyLines = 0;
$success = $mailman->FetchAll($keepOnServer,$headersOnly,$numBodyLines,$bundle);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$email = chilkat::CkEmail->new();
$i = 0;
while ($i < $bundle->get_MessageCount()) {
    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$email);

    # Display the From email address and the subject.
    print "From: " . $email->ck_from() . "\r\n";
    print "Subject: " . $email->subject() . "\r\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}