Objective-C

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:

Objective-C

#import <CkoMailMan.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

CkoMailMan *mailman = [[CkoMailMan alloc] init];

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

mailman.PopUsername = @"my_account@live.com";
mailman.PopPassword = @"my_live.com_password";
mailman.MailPort = [NSNumber numberWithInt:995];
mailman.PopSsl = YES;

//  Make the TLS connection to the POP3 server.
success = [mailman Pop3Connect];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Authenticate..
success = [mailman Pop3Authenticate];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Find out how many emails are on the server..
int numEmails = [[mailman CheckMail] intValue];
if (numEmails < 0) {
    NSLog(@"%@",mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Examine the POP3 session log:
NSLog(@"%@",mailman.Pop3SessionLog);

//  End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
success = [mailman Pop3EndSession];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",mailman.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"-- 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.
//