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Xojo Plugin

SOCKS4, SOCKS5 Proxy for POP3

Demonstrates how to communicate with a POP3 server through a SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// 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.
Dim mailman As New Chilkat.MailMan

// To use a SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy, simply set the following
// properties prior to making any calls that communicate with
// a POP3 server:
// The SOCKS hostname may be a domain name or 
// IP address:
mailman.SocksHostname = "www.mysocksproxyserver.com"
mailman.SocksPort = 1080
mailman.SocksUsername = "myProxyLogin"
mailman.SocksPassword = "myProxyPassword"
// Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
// of the SOCKS proxy server:
mailman.SocksVersion = 5
// Note: SOCKS4 servers only support usernames without passwords.
// SOCKS5 servers support full login/password authentication.

// 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.
Dim bundle As New Chilkat.EmailBundle
Dim keepOnServer As Boolean
keepOnServer = True
Dim headersOnly As Boolean
headersOnly = False
// Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
Dim numBodyLines As Int32
numBodyLines = 0
success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
Dim i As Int32
i = 0
While i < bundle.MessageCount
    success = bundle.EmailAt(i,email)

    System.DebugLog("From: " + email.From)
    System.DebugLog("Subject: " + email.Subject)
    i = i + 1
Wend

success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()