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POP3 using HTTP Proxy

Demonstrates how to communicate with a POP3 server through an HTTP proxy.

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<?php

$success = 0;

// This example assumes 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 = new COM("Chilkat.MailMan");

// To connect through an HTTP proxy, set the HttpProxyHostname
// and HttpProxyPort properties to the hostname (or IP address)
// and port of the HTTP proxy.  Typical port numbers used by
// HTTP proxy servers are 3128 and 8080.
$mailman->HttpProxyHostname = 'www.my-http-proxy.com';
$mailman->HttpProxyPort = 3128;

// Important:  Your HTTP proxy server must allow non-HTTP
// traffic to pass.  Otherwise this does not work.

// 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.
// 
// NOTE: All methods that communicate with a POP3 server
// will automatically connect and authenticate (i.e. login)
// if not already connected.  The connection will remain
// open after the method call returns so that subsequent
// calls do not need to re-establish the connection.
// In this case, the connection is established via the HTTP
// proxy.
$bundle = new COM("Chilkat.EmailBundle");
$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 . "\n";
    exit;
}

$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");
$i = 0;
while ($i < $bundle->MessageCount) {
    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$email);

    print 'From: ' . $email->From . "\n";
    print 'Subject: ' . $email->Subject . "\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$success = $mailman->Pop3EndSession();

?>