Lua

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:

Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

local mailman = chilkat.MailMan.new()

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

mailman.pop_username = "my_account@live.com"
mailman.pop_password = "my_live.com_password"
mailman.mail_port = 995
mailman.pop_ssl = true

-- Make the TLS connection to the POP3 server.
local success = mailman:pop3_connect()
if not success then
    print(mailman.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Authenticate..
success = mailman:pop3_authenticate()
if not success then
    print(mailman.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Find out how many emails are on the server..
local numEmails = mailman:check_mail()
if numEmails < 0 then
    print(mailman.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Examine the POP3 session log:
print(mailman.pop3_session_log)

-- End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
success = mailman:pop3_end_session()
if not success then
    print(mailman.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("-- 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.
--