POP3 Email with SPA (Secure Password Authentication)

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How to authenticate on a POP3 server using SPA in VB6.

' Read POP3 email with SPA (Secure Password Authentication)
' The code for reading email using SPA is identical
' to that of reading POP3 email with normal authentication.
' The only difference is that you must set mailman.Pop3SPA = 1
Private Sub Command14_Click()

    Dim mailman As New ChilkatMailMan2
    mailman.UnlockComponent "Anything for 30-day trial"

    ' Indicate that SPA (Secure Password Authentication) is to be used
    mailman.Pop3SPA = 1
    
    ' Set our mail host and login
    mailman.MailHost = "mail.chilkatsoft.com"
    mailman.PopUsername = "***"
    mailman.PopPassword = "***"
    
    Dim bundle As ChilkatEmailBundle2
    Dim email As ChilkatEmail2
    
    Set bundle = mailman.CopyMail()
    If (bundle Is Nothing) Then
        MsgBox mailman.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If
    
    n = bundle.MessageCount
    For i = 0 To n - 1
        Set email = bundle.GetEmail(i)
        List1.AddItem email.From + ": " + email.Subject
    Next
    
End Sub