Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

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:

Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.MailMan;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  mailman: TMailMan;
  numEmails: Integer;

begin
  success := False;

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

  mailman := TMailMan.Create;

  //  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 := 995;
  mailman.PopSsl := True;

  //  Make the TLS connection to the POP3 server.
  success := mailman.Pop3Connect();
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mailman.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Authenticate..
  success := mailman.Pop3Authenticate();
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mailman.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Find out how many emails are on the server..
  numEmails := mailman.CheckMail();
  if (numEmails < 0) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mailman.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Examine the POP3 session log:
  WriteLn(mailman.Pop3SessionLog);

  //  End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
  success := mailman.Pop3EndSession();
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mailman.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('-- 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.
  //  


  mailman.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.