Chilkat2-Python

Explicitly Begin a POP3 Session

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.Pop3BeginSession method, which explicitly begins a POP3 session by connecting to the POP3 server and authenticating using the current POP3 property settings. Calling it is optional. This example begins a session, performs a mailbox operation, and ends the session.

Background: Pop3BeginSession combines connecting and authenticating into one call. Chilkat does this automatically when a mailbox operation needs it, so the value of calling it explicitly is control: you open one session, perform several operations against it, and close it with Pop3EndSession — avoiding repeated connect/authenticate round trips and keeping deletion marks within a single, well-defined session.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# Demonstrates the MailMan.Pop3BeginSession method, which explicitly begins a POP3 session
# by connecting to the POP3 server and authenticating using the current POP3 property
# settings.

mailman = chilkat2.MailMan()

# Configure the POP3 server connection.
mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"
mailman.MailPort = 995
mailman.PopSsl = True
mailman.PopUsername = "user@example.com"
mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

# Explicitly begin the POP3 session (connect + authenticate).

success = mailman.Pop3BeginSession()
if (success == False):
    print(mailman.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Perform one or more mailbox operations within this single session.
print("Mailbox count: " + str(mailman.GetMailboxCount()))

# End the session when finished.
success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()
if (success == False):
    print(mailman.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("POP3 session completed.")