Chilkat2-Python

Send a Raw POP3 Command

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.Pop3SendRawCommand method, which sends a raw command to the POP3 server and returns the server's response. The second argument specifies the charset to use if the command contains non-US-ASCII characters. This example sends the POP3 STAT command within an open session.

Background: POP3 is a simple line-based text protocol — the client sends short commands like STAT, LIST, UIDL, or RETR and the server replies with +OK or -ERR. This method is an escape hatch for issuing a command Chilkat doesn't wrap directly, or a server-specific extension. Note that the session must already be open, since a raw command assumes an authenticated connection.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# Demonstrates the MailMan.Pop3SendRawCommand method, which sends a raw command to the POP3
# server and returns the server's response.  The second argument is the charset used if the
# command contains non-US-ASCII characters.

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"

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

# Send the raw POP3 STAT command, which returns the message count and maildrop size.
response = mailman.Pop3SendRawCommand("STAT","us-ascii")
if (mailman.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(mailman.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("STAT response: " + response)

success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()
if (success == False):
    print(mailman.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()