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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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function chilkatExample() {

    var 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.

    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";

    success = mailman.Pop3BeginSession();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Send the raw POP3 STAT command, which returns the message count and maildrop size.
    var response = mailman.Pop3SendRawCommand("STAT","us-ascii");
    if (mailman.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("STAT response: " + response);

    success = mailman.Pop3EndSession();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(mailman.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }


}

chilkatExample();