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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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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim mailman As ChilkatMailMan
mailman.Initialize("mailman")

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

mailman.PopUsername = "my_account@live.com"
mailman.PopPassword = "my_live.com_password"
mailman.MailPort = 995
mailman.PopSsl = True

'  Make the TLS connection to the POP3 server.
success = mailman.Pop3Connect
If success <> True Then
    Log(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Authenticate..
success = mailman.Pop3Authenticate
If success <> True Then
    Log(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Find out how many emails are on the server..
Dim numEmails As Int = mailman.CheckMail
If numEmails < 0 Then
    Log(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Examine the POP3 session log:
Log(mailman.Pop3SessionLog)

'  End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
success = mailman.Pop3EndSession
If success <> True Then
    Log(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("-- 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.
'