POP3 Connection and Read Timeouts

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C# program showing how to set connection and read timeouts when reading email from a POP3 server.

	textBox1.Text = "";

	// Create a mailman object for reading email.
	Chilkat.MailMan mailman = new Chilkat.MailMan();

	// Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
	mailman.UnlockComponent("30-day trial");

	// Set our POP3 hostname, login and password
	mailman.MailHost = "mail.chilkatsoft.com";
	mailman.PopUsername = "login";
	mailman.PopPassword = "password";

	// Set TCP/IP socket connection and read timeouts in number of seconds.
	mailman.ConnectTimeout = 5;
	mailman.ReadTimeout = 5;

	// Copy email from the POP3 server, leaving it on the server.
	Chilkat.EmailBundle bundle;
	bundle = mailman.CopyMail();
	if (bundle == null) 
	{
		MessageBox.Show(mailman.LastErrorText);
		return;
	}

	int i;
	int n = bundle.MessageCount;
	for (i=0; i<n; i++)
	{
		Chilkat.Email email = bundle.GetEmail(i);

		textBox1.Text = textBox1.Text + email.From + "\r\n";
		textBox1.Text = textBox1.Text + email.Subject + "\r\n";
		textBox1.Text = textBox1.Text + email.Body + "\r\n****\r\n";
	}

Important: The download for this example does not contain the ChilkatDotNet.dll which
must be downloaded and installed separately at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads.asp.
Once installed, add a reference to the DLL in the project by following the instructions at
http://www.example-code.com/vbdotnet/step2.asp