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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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oMailman
LOCAL nNumEmails

nSuccess := 0

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

oMailman := CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

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

oMailman:PopUsername := "my_account@live.com"
oMailman:PopPassword := "my_live.com_password"
oMailman:MailPort := 995
oMailman:PopSsl := 1

//  Make the TLS connection to the POP3 server.
nSuccess := oMailman:Pop3Connect()
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oMailman:LastErrorText
    oMailman:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Authenticate..
nSuccess := oMailman:Pop3Authenticate()
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oMailman:LastErrorText
    oMailman:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Find out how many emails are on the server..
nNumEmails := oMailman:CheckMail()
IF (nNumEmails < 0)
    ? oMailman:LastErrorText
    oMailman:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Examine the POP3 session log:
? oMailman:Pop3SessionLog

//  End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
nSuccess := oMailman:Pop3EndSession()
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oMailman:LastErrorText
    oMailman:destroy()
    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.
//

oMailman:destroy()