Verify Connectivity to the POP3 Server

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Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.VerifyPopConnection method, which tests whether a TCP/IP connection can be established with the configured POP3 server. It verifies connectivity only — it does not authenticate. This example configures the POP3 host and checks whether it can be reached.

Background: This is the POP3 counterpart to VerifySmtpConnection. It answers the first diagnostic question — can the client reach the POP3 server on the configured host and port and complete the TLS handshake? A failure here indicates a network, firewall, DNS, port, or certificate problem rather than a credentials issue, which VerifyPopLogin checks next.

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//  Demonstrates the MailMan.VerifyPopConnection method, which tests whether a TCP/IP
//  connection can be established with the configured POP3 server.  It verifies connectivity
//  only (it does not authenticate).

Chilkat.MailMan mailman = new Chilkat.MailMan();

//  Configure the POP3 server connection.
mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com";
mailman.MailPort = 995;
mailman.PopSsl = true;

//  Test connectivity to the POP3 server.
bool connected = mailman.VerifyPopConnection();

if (connected == true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Successfully connected to the POP3 server.");
}
else {
    Debug.WriteLine("Could not connect to the POP3 server.");
}