Perl

Check the Number of Messages in a POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.CheckMail method, which returns the number of messages currently available in the POP3 mailbox, or -1 if an error occurs. If no POP3 session is active, Chilkat connects and authenticates automatically using the configured settings. This example configures the POP3 connection and checks the message count.

Background: POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) is the classic protocol for downloading mail from a server to a client. A client connects, authenticates with a username and password, and can then list, retrieve, or delete messages. Modern connections use implicit TLS on port 995 (PopSsl = true). CheckMail is a quick way to ask "how many messages are waiting?" without downloading any of them.

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use chilkat();

#  Demonstrates the MailMan.CheckMail method, which returns the number of messages currently
#  available in the POP3 mailbox (or -1 if an error occurs).  If no POP3 session is active,
#  Chilkat connects and authenticates automatically using the configured settings.

$mailman = chilkat::CkMailMan->new();

#  Configure the POP3 server connection.
$mailman->put_MailHost("pop.example.com");
$mailman->put_MailPort(995);
$mailman->put_PopSsl(1);
$mailman->put_PopUsername('user@example.com');
$mailman->put_PopPassword("myPassword");

#  Check the mailbox.  A return value of -1 indicates an error.
$numMessages = $mailman->CheckMail();
print "Number of messages in the mailbox: " . $numMessages . "\r\n";

#  Note: Explicitly connecting/authenticating is optional.  Chilkat MailMan automatically
#  connects and authenticates -- using the property settings above -- whenever a server
#  operation requires it.  Calling the explicit connect/authenticate methods can still be
#  helpful to determine whether a failure occurs while connecting or while authenticating.