Node.js

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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function chilkatExample() {

    var 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.

    var mailman = new chilkat.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) {
        console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Perform one or more mailbox operations within this single session.
    console.log("Mailbox count: " + mailman.GetMailboxCount());

    //  End the session when finished.
    success = mailman.Pop3EndSession();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("POP3 session completed.");

}

chilkatExample();