Perl

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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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  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.

$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");

#  Explicitly begin the POP3 session (connect + authenticate).

$success = $mailman->Pop3BeginSession();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Perform one or more mailbox operations within this single session.
print "Mailbox count: " . $mailman->GetMailboxCount() . "\r\n";

#  End the session when finished.
$success = $mailman->Pop3EndSession();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "POP3 session completed." . "\r\n";