PHP

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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<?php

use Chilkat2\MailMan;

// 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 = new MailMan();

// Configure the POP3 server connection.
$mailman->MailHost = 'pop.example.com';
$mailman->MailPort = 995;
$mailman->PopSsl = true;
$mailman->PopUsername = 'user@example.com';
$mailman->PopPassword = 'myPassword';

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

try {
    $mailman->Pop3BeginSession();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

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

// End the session when finished.
try {
    $mailman->Pop3EndSession();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo "POP3 session completed.\n";