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 strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# 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.

my $mailman = Chilkat2::MailMan->new;

# Configure the POP3 server connection.
$mailman->MailHost('pop.example.com');
$mailman->MailPort(995);
$mailman->PopSsl(1);
$mailman->PopUsername('user@example.com');
$mailman->PopPassword('myPassword');

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

my $success = $mailman->Pop3BeginSession();
if (!$success) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

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

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

print "POP3 session completed.\n";