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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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

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

$mailman = New-Object Chilkat.MailMan

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

$mailman.PopUsername = "my_account@live.com"
$mailman.PopPassword = "my_live.com_password"
$mailman.MailPort = 995
$mailman.PopSsl = $true

# Make the TLS connection to the POP3 server.
$success = $mailman.Pop3Connect()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Authenticate..
$success = $mailman.Pop3Authenticate()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Find out how many emails are on the server..
$numEmails = $mailman.CheckMail()
if ($numEmails -lt 0) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Examine the POP3 session log:
$($mailman.Pop3SessionLog)

# End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
$success = $mailman.Pop3EndSession()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("-- 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.
#