PureBasic

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:

PureBasic

IncludeFile "CkMailMan.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

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

    mailman.i = CkMailMan::ckCreate()
    If mailman.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Connection settings for pop3.live.com (or pop-mail.outlook.com, both should work)
    CkMailMan::setCkMailHost(mailman, "pop-mail.outlook.com")
    CkMailMan::setCkMailHost(mailman, "pop3.live.com")

    CkMailMan::setCkPopUsername(mailman, "my_account@live.com")
    CkMailMan::setCkPopPassword(mailman, "my_live.com_password")
    CkMailMan::setCkMailPort(mailman, 995)
    CkMailMan::setCkPopSsl(mailman, 1)

    ; Make the TLS connection to the POP3 server.
    success = CkMailMan::ckPop3Connect(mailman)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkMailMan::ckLastErrorText(mailman)
        CkMailMan::ckDispose(mailman)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Authenticate..
    success = CkMailMan::ckPop3Authenticate(mailman)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkMailMan::ckLastErrorText(mailman)
        CkMailMan::ckDispose(mailman)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Find out how many emails are on the server..
    numEmails.i = CkMailMan::ckCheckMail(mailman)
    If numEmails < 0
        Debug CkMailMan::ckLastErrorText(mailman)
        CkMailMan::ckDispose(mailman)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Examine the POP3 session log:
    Debug CkMailMan::ckPop3SessionLog(mailman)

    ; End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
    success = CkMailMan::ckPop3EndSession(mailman)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkMailMan::ckLastErrorText(mailman)
        CkMailMan::ckDispose(mailman)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    Debug "-- 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.
    ; 


    CkMailMan::ckDispose(mailman)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure